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olivopontocerebellar atrophy (DOID:14784)
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Synonyms: Dejerine-Thomas syndrome; Thomas' syndrome; WADIA-SWAMI SYNDROME
Alt IDs: DOID:12708, MESH:D009849, NCI:C84947, UMLS_CUI:C0028968
Definition: A neurodegenerative disease that is characterized by progressive cerebellar ataxia, leading to clumsiness in body movements, veering from midline when walking, wide-based stance, and falls without signs of paralysis or weakness and has_material_basis_in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) resulting in degeneration of neuron in the cerebellum, pons and inferior olives.

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