Disease or Syndrome
spastic quadriplegia
spas·tic tet·ra·ple·gi·a
Definitions related to spastic quadriplegia:
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(spastic tetraplegia) Spastic paralysis affecting all four limbs.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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A type of spastic cerebral palsy characterized by increased muscle tone of all four extremities.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(inherited congenital spastic tetraplegia) Inherited congenital spastic tetraplegia is a rare, genetic, neurological disease characterized by non-progressive, variable spastic quadriparesis in multiple members of a family, in the absence of additional factors complicating pregnancy or birth (e.g. perinatal asphyxia, congenital infection). Additional clinical features include congenital hypotonia, intellectual disability, and developmental delay. Dysphagia, dysarthria, exotropia, nystagmus, seizures and brain atrophy with ventriculomegaly may be also present.OrphaNetINSERM, 2021
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