In 1868, Charcot identified neuropathic joints with an unusual pattern of bone destruction in patients with tabes dorsalis. |
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The clinical presentation has shifted from general paresis and tabes dorsalis to meningovascular and atypical forms. |
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If no other symptoms of tabes can be found, it is an eye lesion. |
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Untreated, tabes dorsalis usually makes unassisted walking impossible and severely debilitates the victim. |
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The average duration of tabes can be placed at from 10 to 20 years. |
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Charcot praised Duchenne's work on tabes, and gave the first description of sclerosis and the peroneal type of muscular atrophy. |
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Tabes dorsalis involves the dorsal roots and posterior columns of the spinal cord. |
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Tabes dorsalis,, also called Progressive Locomotor Ataxia, rare neurologic form of tertiary syphilis, involving sensory deficits, loss of neuromuscular coordination, and diminished reflexes. |
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