| Richards | Barry Wyndham, 20th century English physician. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Richards-Rundle syndrome | <syndrome> A nervous system disorder beginning in early childhood with congenital severe, progressive sensorineural hearing loss, ataxia, muscle wasting nystagmus, absent deep tendon reflexes, mental retardation, and failure to develop secondary sexual characteristics; autosomal recessive inheritance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Richardson | John Clifford, Canadian neurologist, *1909. See: Steele-Richardson-Olszewski disease, Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Richardson-Steele-Olszewski syndrome | <syndrome> A disorder that is associated with nerve cell destruction and progressive lack of coordination, neck stiffness, trunk stiffness, problems with eye movement and mild dementia. Disorders that are similar include Alzheimer's disease, cerebellar dysfunction, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease and Parkinson's disease. The cause for progressive supranuclear palsy is unknown, but is likely a degenerative nerve disorder that is somehow triggered by a viral infection. Pathologic changes include nerve cell damage and destruction of myelin sheath. There is no known cure. (27 Sep 1997) |