title: A short clinical history of multiple system atrophy.
abstract: In this article I shall review the history of multiple system atrophy (MSA) divided into three eras-1900 to 1969, 1969 to 1985, and 1985 to the present.
authors.affiliation: Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK, niallquinn@blueyonder.co.uk.
authors.forename: Niall
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Quinn
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000503:physiopathology; D005242:Fecal Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007024:Hypotension, Orthostatic / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D019578:Multiple System Atrophy / Q000266:history* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014549:Urinary Incontinence / Q000503:physiopathology