Machado-Joseph disease
autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia that is characterized by slow degeneration of the hindbrain and has material basis in expansion of CAG triplet repeats (glutamine) in the ATXN3 gene
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Machado-Joseph disease
Summary
Machado-Joseph disease is a developmental defect during embryogenesis[1]. It draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis category, ranking #81 of 308).[2]
Key Facts
- Machado-Joseph disease's instance of is recorded as developmental defect during embryogenesis[3].
- Machado-Joseph disease's instance of is recorded as rare disease[4].
- Machado-Joseph disease's instance of is recorded as class of disease[5].
- Machado-Joseph disease is a type of spinocerebellar ataxia[6].
- Machado-Joseph disease is a type of autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia type I[7].
- Machado-Joseph disease is a type of Huntington's disease-like syndrome[8].
- Machado-Joseph disease is a type of disease[9].
- Machado-Joseph disease's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 336.8[10].
- Machado-Joseph disease's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C84830[11].
- Machado-Joseph disease's health specialty is recorded as neurology[12].
- Machado-Joseph disease's genetic association is recorded as ATXN3[13].
- Machado-Joseph disease's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1440[14].
- Machado-Joseph disease's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1440[15].
- Machado-Joseph disease's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[16].
Why It Matters
Machado-Joseph disease draws 83 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_defect_during_embryogenesis category, ranking #81 of 308).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]