Kennedy disease

Kennedy's disease, also known as bulbospinal muscular atrophy (BSMA), is a rare X-linked recessive motor neuron disease characterized by proximal and bulbar muscle wasting
MedicalCondition designated_intractable_rare_disease Q1995327
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Kennedy disease

Summary

Kennedy disease is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #84 of 201).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kennedy disease's instance of is recorded as designated intractable/rare disease[3].
  • Kennedy disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease[4].
  • Kennedy disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
  • William Kennedy is named after Kennedy disease[6].
  • Kennedy disease's subclass of is recorded as spinal muscular atrophy[7].
  • Kennedy disease's subclass of is recorded as nervous system heredodegenerative disease[8].
  • Kennedy disease's subclass of is recorded as rare male infertility due to testicular endocrine disorder[9].
  • Kennedy disease's subclass of is recorded as bulbospinal muscular atrophy of adult[10].
  • Kennedy disease's subclass of is recorded as X-linked recessive disease[11].
  • Kennedy disease's Commons category is recorded as Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy[12].
  • Kennedy disease's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D055534[13].
  • Kennedy disease's OMIM ID is recorded as 313200[14].
  • Kennedy disease's ICD-9 ID is recorded as 335.1[15].
  • Kennedy disease's ICD-10 ID is recorded as G12.1[16].
  • Kennedy disease's DiseasesDB is recorded as 7144[17].
  • Kennedy disease's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/073pw6[18].
  • Kennedy disease's KEGG ID is recorded as H00062[19].
  • Kennedy disease's GeneReviews ID is recorded as NBK1333[20].
  • Kennedy disease's MeSH tree code is recorded as C10.228.854.468.399[21].
  • Kennedy disease's MeSH tree code is recorded as C10.574.500.175[22].
  • Kennedy disease's MeSH tree code is recorded as C10.574.562.500.374[23].
  • Kennedy disease's MeSH tree code is recorded as C10.668.467.500.186[24].
  • Kennedy disease's MeSH tree code is recorded as C16.320.322.076[25].
  • Kennedy disease's MeSH tree code is recorded as C16.320.400.100[26].
  • Kennedy disease's eMedicine ID is recorded as 1172604[27].

Why It Matters

Kennedy disease draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (designated_intractable_rare_disease category, ranking #84 of 201).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . mhlw.go.jp. Retrieved . mhlw.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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