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Sleeplessness
Insomnia. See also Fatal familial insomnia
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- Becker muscular dystrophy A chronic, progressive muscle degeneration disease. A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to…
- Coma Coma: A state of deep unarousable unconsciousness. Coma may occur as the result of numerous causes including…
- Radioallergosorbent test An allergy test done on a sample of blood. The test is used to check for allergic sensitivity to specific…
- Teratoma A type of germ cell tumor that may contain several different types of tissue and sometimes mature elements…
- Angiostrongyliasis Infection with the parasitic nematode (roundworm) Angiostrongylus. The two species that infect humans are A…
- Otitis Inflammation of the ear. Depending upon which part of the ear is inflammed, there is otitis externa, otitis…
- Torsion dystonia A form of dystonia known as early-onset torsion dystonia (also called idiopathic or generalized torsion…
- Cerebral amyloidosis and spongiform encephalopathy See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Intermittent insomnia See Insomnia, intermittent
- Prophylaxis A measure taken for the prevention of a disease or condition. For example, dental prophylaxis consists of…
- Artery, brachial See: Brachial artery