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 344 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 is a type of spinal muscular atrophy[7].
  • Kennedy disease is a type of nervous system heredodegenerative disease[8].
  • Kennedy disease is a type of rare male infertility due to testicular endocrine disorder[9].
  • Kennedy disease is a type of bulbospinal muscular atrophy of adult[10].
  • Kennedy disease is a type of X-linked recessive disease[11].
  • Kennedy disease's Commons category is recorded as Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy[12].
  • Kennedy disease's external data available at URL is recorded as http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/73[13].
  • Kennedy disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C85233[14].
  • Kennedy disease's health specialty is recorded as neurology[15].
  • Kennedy disease's genetic association is recorded as AR[16].
  • Kennedy disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_0060161[17].
  • Kennedy disease's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0060161[18].
  • Kennedy disease's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_481[19].
  • Kennedy disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[20].

Why It Matters

Kennedy disease draws 344 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.[21] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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] . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Retrieved . ddrare.nibiohn.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q905695. Retrieved . platform.opentargets.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Medicine
    Health specialty neurology
    Named after
    Subclass of spinal muscular atrophy, nervous system heredodegenerative disease, rare male infertility due to testicular endocrine disorder +2
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39953|batch #39953]]: deprecate redundant disease superclasses (2)"
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