title: Multiple system atrophy.
abstract: Most doctors have vague and imprecise notions of what is meant by the terms olivopontocerebellar atrophy, Shy-Drager syndrome, striatonigral degeneration, multiple system atrophy and multisystem degenerations. This article attempts to tame this nosological jungle.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, National Hospital, London.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Quinn
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wenning
mesh_terms: D001284:Atrophy; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D002526:Cerebellar Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D009849:Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies / Q000473:pathology; D012791:Shy-Drager Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000473:pathology*