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Physical symptoms, including tremor, slurred speech, akathisia, dystonia, anxiety, distress, paranoia, and bradyphrenia, that are primarily associated with improper dosing of or unusual reactions to neuroleptic (anti-psychotic) medications
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- Amnesia, anterograde See: Antegrade amnesia
- EMG syndrome The exomphalos-macroglossia-gigantism syndrome. See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Seizure, complex partial A form of partial seizure during which the person loses awareness. The patient does not actually become…
- Urethroscope A device for examining the inside of the urethra
- Syndrome, Brown An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown syndrome is an abnormality that is present at birth (congenitally) and…
- PML Stands for progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, a rapidly progressive, often fatal viral infection of…
- Diabetes skin condition See: Diabetic skin disease
- Xanthoma, eruptive See: Eruptive xanthoma
- Disease, clinical A disease with clinical signs and symptoms that can be recognized. As distinct from a subclinical illness…
- Skin erosion Skin erosion is a loss of some or all of the epidermis (the outer layer) leaving a denuded surface. Erosion…