MARY DENISON (ANDREWS)
\mˈe͡əɹi dˈɛnɪsən ˈandɹuːz], \mˈeəɹi dˈɛnɪsən ˈandɹuːz], \m_ˈeə_ɹ_i d_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_s_ə_n__ ˈa_n_d_ɹ_uː_z]\
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An American novelist, wife of C. W.; born in Cambridge Mass., May 26, 1826. Assisted in editing the Olive Branch, in which her husband was interested; also contributed to American and English periodicals. Her works include: "Home Pictures" (1853); "That Husband of Mine", of which it is said the sale reached 200,000 copies; and "What One Boy can Do" (1885); "Her Secret".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Olivopontocerebellar Atrophies
- group inherited disorders which share progressive ataxia combination with atrophy CEREBELLUM; PONS; inferior olivary nuclei. Additional features include RIGIDITY; NYSTAGMUS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; DEMENTIA; URINARY INCONTINENCE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA. familial has an earlier onset (second decade) and may feature spinal cord atrophy. sporadic form tends to present in the fifth or sixth decade, is considered a clinical subtype MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1085)