Preferred Name

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease [Disease/Finding]

Synonyms

Inherited Spongiform Encephalopathy, Gerstmann-Straussler

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000003358

altLabel

Inherited Spongiform Encephalopathy, Gerstmann-Straussler

Gerstmann-Straussler Disease

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Syndrome

Gerstmann-Straussler Inherited Spongiform Encephalopathy

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease

Encephalopathy, Subacute Spongiform, Gerstmann-Straussler Type

Gerstmann-Straussler Syndrome

cui

C0017495

MESH DEFINITION

An autosomal dominant familial prion disease with a wide spectrum of clinical presentations including ATAXIA, spastic paraparesis, extrapyramidal signs, and DEMENTIA. Clinical onset is in the third to sixth decade of life and the mean duration of illness prior to death is five years. Several kindreds with variable clinical and pathologic features have been described. Pathologic features include cerebral prion protein amyloidosis, and spongiform or neurofibrillary degeneration. (From Brain Pathol 1998 Jul;8(3):499-513; Brain Pathol 1995 Jan;5(1):61-75)

MESH DUI

D016098

MeSH name

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease

MESH UI

M0024593

NDFRT kind

DISEASE_KIND

notation

N0000003358

NUI

N0000003358

prefLabel

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease [Disease/Finding]

SNOMED CID

67155006

tui

T047

subClassOf

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/NDFRT/N0000004091

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