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Ataxia

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Impairment of the ability to perform smoothly coordinated voluntary movements. This condition may affect the limbs, trunk, eyes, pharynx, larynx, and other structures. Ataxia may result from impaired sensory or motor function. Sensory ataxia may result from posterior column injury or PERIPHERAL NERVE DISEASES. Motor ataxia may be associated with CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX diseases; THALAMIC DISEASES; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; injury to the RED NUCLEUS; and other conditions.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 235 Collections and/or Records:

PR1.1496, 1936-1940

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1496
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 33 at first examination in 1936. Conditions mentioned include: swelling; hemianopia; headaches; neoplasms; ataxia; vomiting; fibrosis and dysmetria. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1936-1940

PR1.1878, 1940-1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/20/PR1.1878
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, reports and correspondence relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 42 at first examination in 1940. Conditions mentioned include: vomiting; unsteadiness; headache; meningitis; opisthotonos; ataxia; cyst; and intracranial pressure. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital on second admission.

Dates: 1940-1946

PR2.1118, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1118
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 25 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; spasticity; and ataxia. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942

PR2.1208, 1942-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1208
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians)aged 28 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; headache; blurred vision; vomiting; unsteadiness; cerebellar syndrome; ataxia; glioma; haemorrhage; ependymoblastoma; and meningitis. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1942-1945

PR2.1247, 1942-1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1247
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, notes, drawings, photographic negatives, photographs and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 37 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: meningocele; spasticity; ataxia; unsteadiness; and Klippel Feil syndrome. Surgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1942-1943

PR2.1377, 1942

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1377
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and report relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 26 at first examination in 1942. Conditions mentioned include: otitis; headache; diplopia; vomiting; ataxia; unsteadiness; cerebellar abscess; and papilloma. Surgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1942

PR2.1520, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1520
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 74 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: arteriosclerosis;; ataxia of the trunk; spasticity; brain-stem lesion; and nystagmus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943

PR2.1789, 1943-1948

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1789
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 13 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; spina bifida; ataxia; and Arnold-Chiari deformity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1948

PR2.1934, 1943-1956

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.1934
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 9 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: hydrocephalus; birth injury; ataxia; spasticity; and epilepsy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943-1956

PR2.2036, 1943

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2036
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 25 at first examination in 1943. Conditions mentioned include: speech disorder; ataxia; dysarthria; and degenerative disease. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1943