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Polyneuritis, acute idiopathic
Also known as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and loss of reflexes usually beginning in the legs with, in most cases, nearly complete or complete recovery. The Guillain-Barre…
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- Diabetic spinal cord disease Involvement of the spinal cord in diabetes. Most of the neurologic attention in diabetes mellitus has focused…
- Arthritis, rheumatoid Autoimmune disease that is characterized by chronic inflammation of the joints and can cause inflammation of…
- Elbow, cellulitis of the Inflammation of the skin around the elbow due to infection (cellulitis) commonly occurs as a result of…
- Amino acid One of the 20 building blocks of protein. The sequence of amino acids in a protein and, hence, the function…
- DRVs (Daily Reference Values) A deficiency of tears. The main symptom is usually a scratchy or sandy feeling as if something is in the eye…
- Tuberculotic See: Tuberculous
- Factitious disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Afferent nerve A nerve that carries impulses toward the central nervous system (CNS). The opposite of an afferent nerve is…
- Nephropathy Any kidney disease. For example, there is diabetic nephropathy, gouty nephropathy, HIV-associated…
- Association 1. In dysmorphology (the study of birth defects), the nonrandom occurrence in two or more individuals of a…
- Microchimerism The presence of two genetically distinct and separately derived populations of cells, one population being at…