Machado-Joseph disease

Machado-Joseph disease

Definition

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), also known as Machado-Joseph disease, is the most common subtype of type 1 autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA type 1), a neurodegenerative disorder, and is characterized by ataxia, external progressive ophthalmoplegia, and other neurological manifestations.

Also known as autosomal dominant striatonigral degeneration, Azorean disease of the nervous system, Machado disease, Machado-Joseph disease, MJD, Nigro-spino-dentatal degeneration with nuclear ophthalmoplegia, SCA3, spinocerebellar ataxia 3, spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 — per MONDO

Also identified as

Affected Organs

Organ Involvement Source
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