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Muscular Atrophy

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Definition: Derangement in size and number of muscle fibers occurring with aging, reduction in blood supply, or following immobilization, prolonged weightlessness, malnutrition, and particularly in denervation.  MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL is also available   
See Also Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
Examples Sarcopenia 		Other names Neurotrophic Muscular Atrophies; Neurogenic Muscular Atrophies; Muscular Atrophy, Neurotrophic; Muscular Atrophy, Neurogenic; Muscular Atrophies, Neurotrophic; Muscular Atrophies, Neurogenic; Muscular Atrophies; Muscle Atrophy; Muscle Atrophies; Atrophy, Neurotrophic Muscular; Atrophy, Neurogenic Muscular; Atrophy, Muscular; Atrophies, Neurotrophic Muscular; Atrophies, Neurogenic Muscular; Atrophies, Muscular; Atrophies, Muscle; Neurotrophic Muscular Atrophy; Neurogenic Muscular Atrophy; Atrophy, Muscle
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Nathalie syndrome  0   *Cataract *Deafness *Growth Disorders *Muscular Atrophy *Osteochondritis.
Furukawa Takagi Nakao syndrome  0   *Cerebellar Ataxia *Diabetes Mellitus *Muscular Atrophy *Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Miyoshi myopathy  0   *Muscular Atrophy *Distal Myopathies.
Arnold Stickler Bourne syndrome  0   *Corneal Diseases *Kidney Diseases *Muscular Atrophy. J Pediatr Ophthalmol Strabismus 24(3):151-5
Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome  0   *Muscle Hypotonia *Muscular Atrophy *Mental Retardation, X-Linked.
Wieacker syndrome  0   *Apraxias *Contracture *Muscular Atrophy *Ophthalmoplegia *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked.
Thakker Donnai syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Muscular Atrophy *Facies.
Primrose syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Calcinosis *Ear Diseases *Intellectual Disability *Muscular Atrophy.

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