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Guillaume duchenne's, documented a disorder that develops in conjunction with syphilis. what is this?
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Here are some ...: This disorder is also called in more generic general term as locomotor ataxia, first described by a French neurologist, Guillaume-duchenne, which manifests as a part of late advanced stage of syphilis affecting the dorsal white column of spinal cord or called tabes dorsalis. As a result, the affected patient will walk incoherently like orbotic movements.
Answered 8/19/2014
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