Duchenne's disease


Duchenne's disease

 [du-shenz´] 1. spinal muscular atrophy.2. bulbar paralysis.3. tabes dorsalis.

Duchenne's disease

Any of a number of conditions described by or otherwise linked to Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875):
(1) Duchenne muscular dystrophy, see there;
(2) Progressive muscular atrophy, see there (also known as Aran-Duchenne disease);
(3) Erb-Duchenne paralysis, upper brachial plexus paralysis; 
(4) Tabes dorsalis, see there; 
(5) Spinal muscle atrophy, see there.