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Atrophy, tongue muscles Symptom Report

Atrophy is the decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue. There are many possible causes, including progressive degenerative diseases of the motor cells of the spinal cord. Read more...Click to read more below


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Symptom Severities

Atrophy, tongue muscles severity pie chart

Treatments Patients Take For Atrophy, tongue muscles

Treatments Patients Take For Atrophy, tongue muscles
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
4 3% PEG-Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy: 3%

Report created on November 22, 2009.