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progressive muscular atrophy

rare, milder form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is characterized by a slowly progressive clinical course. Signs and symptoms include muscle weakness, atrophy, and fasciculation
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progressive muscular atrophy

Summary

progressive muscular atrophy is a class of disease[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • progressive muscular atrophy's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • progressive muscular atrophy is a type of motor neuron disease[4].
  • progressive muscular atrophy is a type of spinal cord disease[5].
  • progressive muscular atrophy is a type of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis[6].
  • progressive muscular atrophy's Commons category is recorded as Progressive muscular atrophy[7].
  • progressive muscular atrophy's ICD-9-CM is recorded as 335.21[8].
  • progressive muscular atrophy's health specialty is recorded as neurology[9].
  • progressive muscular atrophy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_318[10].
  • progressive muscular atrophy's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:318[11].
  • progressive muscular atrophy's exact match is recorded as http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_454706[12].
  • progressive muscular atrophy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[13].

Why It Matters

progressive muscular atrophy has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine
    Health specialty → neurology
    Subclass of → motor neuron disease, spinal cord disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 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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