MARY EASTMAN (HENDERSON)
\mˈe͡əɹi ˈiːstmən hˈɛndəsən], \mˈeəɹi ˈiːstmən hˈɛndəsən], \m_ˈeə_ɹ_i_ ˈiː_s_t_m_ə_n__ h_ˈɛ_n_d_ə_s_ə_n]\
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An American prose-writer; born in Warrenton, Va., in 1818. She has published: "Dacotah, or Life and Legends of the Sioux" (1849); "Romance of Indian Life" (1852); "Tales of Fashionable Life" (1856); and many stories and sketches.
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)