Kennedy's disease - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kennedy's disease (KD) or X-linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) or spinobulbar muscular atrophy or X-Linked bulbo-spinal atrophy is a neuromuscular disease associated with mutation...
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A proportion of patients with myasthenia gravis (MG) without acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies have antibodies to muscle-specific kinase (MuSK). MG with MuSK antibodies (MuSK-MG) is often associated with persistent bulbar involvement, including marked facial weakness and tongue muscle wasting.
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Two years later a second serious relapse of bulbar muscle weakness with drooling, inability to perform the slurp test, and fever of unknown origin required hospitalization but not mechanical ventilation.
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Terms associated with ALS ... Bulbar Muscles; The muscles that control the speech, chewing and swallowing. ... Flaccid, Weak Muscles (also Hypotonicity); A condition characterized by a decrease or loss of normal muscle tone due to the deterioration of the lower motor nerve cells.
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Bulbar muscles Muscles of the mouth and throat responsible for speech and swallowing. ... How do you have muscle? ... What does bulbar muscle consist of?
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Breathing, swallowing, and talking are functions that require bulbar muscles controlled by motor nerves that communicate with the brain. The effects of bulbar muscle dysfunction can be manifested by slurred speech and dysphagia (swallowing difficulties).
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Definition of Bulbar muscles in the Medical Dictionary. Bulbar muscles explanation. Information about Bulbar muscles in Free online English dictionary. What is Bulbar muscles? Meaning of Bulbar muscles medical term. ... bulb of penis; bulb of vestibule; bulb syringe; bulb, speech; bulbar; bulbar ataxia;
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Bulbar muscle symptoms. You may not be able to shout or sing. Your speech may become slurred. There may be a change in the quality of your voice. You may experience some difficulties with swallowing as the muscles which co-ordinate swallowing become affected.
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