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Postherpetic neuralgia
Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles that persists beyond one month. The most common complication of shingles is postherpetic neuralgia. This occurs when the pain associated with shingles persists beyond one month, even…
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- Cerebral herniation The abnormal protrusion of brain tissue through an opening when there is increased intracranial pressure…
- Neuroscientist A scientist who studies the nervous system, including the neural basis of behavior; parts of the nervous…
- Helper cell A type of T cell that participates in the immune response by recognizing foreign antigens and secreting…
- Anemia Anemia: The condition of having less than the normal number of red blood cells or less than the normal…
- Pellagra >Diarrhea; >Dermatitis: A scaly rash on skin exposed to light or trauma; >Dementia: Mental disorientation…
- Machine, continuous passive motion machine A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is…
- Marrow The bone marrow
- Secretase, beta- An enzyme that appears to be directly involved in the early development of Alzheimer's disease…
- Laminopathy A disease due to mutation of the lamin A/C gene. The laminopathies include: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy…
- Second-hand smoke Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- Fauces The throat. The word fauces is the plural of the Latin faux meaning a small passage.