loading...| Preferred Name |
tetanus |
| Definitions |
A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers, has_material_basis_in Clostridium tetani, which produces tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin, which is carried to the brain and spinal cord, where it binds irreversibly to receptors inhibiting neurotransmission. Damaged upper motor neurons cannot control reflex responses to afferent sensory stimuli. |
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11338 |
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tetanus |
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DOID:11338 |
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tetanus |
| textual definition |
A primary bacterial infectious disease that results_in prolonged contraction of skeletal muscle fibers, has_material_basis_in Clostridium tetani, which produces tetanospasmin, a neurotoxin, which is carried to the brain and spinal cord, where it binds irreversibly to receptors inhibiting neurotransmission. Damaged upper motor neurons cannot control reflex responses to afferent sensory stimuli. |
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