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spastic paraplegia

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spastic paraplegia [′spas·tik ‚par·ə′plē·jə]
(medicine)
Paralysis of the lower limbs with increased muscular tone and hyperactive tendon reflexes; commonly seen in diseases and injuries involving pyramidal tracts of the spinal cord.


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Multiple sclerosis, B12 deficiency, human T-cell lymphotrophic virus-1 infection, structural inflammatory lesions of the spinal cord, motor neuron disease, and hereditary spastic paraplegia have been excluded.
Evaluation of the effects of muscle stretch and weight load in patients with spastic paraplegia.
spastic paraplegia, pain, hyperesthesia, and paresthesia due to excessive ingestion of the seeds of leguminous plants of the genus
 
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