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| '''For patient information, click [[Tabes dorsalis (patient information)|here]]'''
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| Name = {{PAGENAME}} |
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| Image = Tabes dorsalis 1.jpg|
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| Caption = Tabes Dorsalis, degeneration of dorsal columns and dorsal roots at thoracic level <br> <small> [http://www.peir.net Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology] </small>|
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| DiseasesDB = 29061 |
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| ICD10 = {{ICD10|A|52|1|a|50}} |
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| ICD9 = {{ICD9|094.0}} |
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| MeshID = D013606 |
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| {{Tabes dorsalis}}
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| ==[[Tabes Dorsalis overview|Overview]]==
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| ==[[Tabes Dorsalis causes|Causes of Tabes Dorsalis]]==
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| ==[[Tabes Dorsalis history and symptoms|History & Symptoms]]==
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| ==[[Tabes Dorsalis natural history, complications, and prognosis|Natural history, Complications, and Prognosis]]==
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| ==[[Tabes Dorsalis epidemiology and demographics|Epidemiology & Demographics]]==
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| ==Treatment==
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| ==[[Tabes Dorsalis medical therapy|Medical Therapy]]==
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| [[Penicillin]], administered [[intravenous]]ly, is the treatment of choice. Associated pain can be treated with [[opiate]]s, [[valproate]], or [[carbamazepine]]. Patients may also require physical or rehabilitative therapy to deal with muscle wasting and weakness. Preventive treatment for those who come into sexual contact with an individual with tabes dorsalis is important.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[General paresis of the insane]]
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| ==References==
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| * {{NINDS|tabes_dorsalis}}
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| * {{GPnotebook|-1294991357}}
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| * [http://hdl.handle.net/1842/418 'An Essay Upon the Vasomotor Changes in Tabes Dorsalis' by Arthur Conan Doyle]
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| [[pt:Tabes dorsalis]]
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