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chronic fatigue syndrome
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), collection of persistent, debilitating symptoms, the most notable of which is severe, lasting fatigue. In other countries it is known variously as myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome, and postviral fatigue syndrome. It was first... Read more |
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Cri du chat syndrome
Cri Du Chat Syndrome Definition Cri du chat syndrome occurs when a piece of chromosomal material is missing from a particular region on chromosome 5. The disorder is also called cat cry syndrome or chromosome deletion 5p syndrome. Individuals with this syndrome have unusual facial features, poor... Read more |
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Paraneoplastic syndromes
Paraneoplastic syndromes Description Paraneoplastic syndromes are rare disorders caused by substances that are secreted by a benign tumor, a malignant (cancerous) tumor, or a malignant tumor's metastases. The disturbances caused by paraneoplastic syndromes occur in body organs at sites that are... Read more |
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Sjogrens syndrome
Sjögren's Syndrome Definition Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a disorder in which the mouth and eyes become extremely dry. Sj Read more |
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Kawasaki syndrome
Kawasaki syndrome Definition Kawasaki syndrome is a potentially fatal inflammatory disease that affects several organ systems in the body, including the heart, circulatory system, mucous membranes, skin, and immune system. As of 2004 its cause was unknown. Description In... Read more |
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Factitious disorders
Ganser's syndrome Definition Ganser's syndrome is a rare disorder in which the affected person gives approximate answers to questions that have right and wrong answers, such as "What is 5 minus 3?" Description Although this disorder was previously classified as a ... Read more |
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SAS AB
SAS n. sleep apnoea syndrome (see (obstructive) sleep apnoea).... Read more |
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MENS
MENS pl. n. multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes, which involve tumour formation or hyperplasia in various combinations of endocrine glands. Type 1 (Wermer's syndrome) involves the parathyroid, pituitary, and pancreas, whereas type 2A (Sipple's syndrome) involves the thyroid medullary cells, the... Read more |
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Acute flaccid paralysis syndrome associated with West Nile Virus...
Acute Flaccid Paralysis Syndrome Associated with West Nile Virus...demyelinating process (Guillain-Barre Syndrome [GBS]) (3), or to an anterior...admitted with a diagnosis of postviral demyelination syndrome and treated with antimicrobial... |
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Acute flaccid paralysis syndrome associated with West Nile Virus...
...peripheral demyelinating process (Guillain-Barre Syndrome [GBS]) (3), or to an anterior myelitis...Table). He was admitted with a diagnosis of postviral demyelination syndrome and treated with antimicrobial medication, IVIG... |
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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: The Quest to Conquer an Enigma.
Chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia are linked...etiology. Chronic fatigue syndrome is the current name for...this is not a new type of syndrome. Those diagnosed with...viral infection, and postviral fatigue syndrome, probably... |
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Unrelenting exhaustion; No longer called `yuppie flu,' chronic fatigue...
...diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and is undergoing treatment...suffer from chronic fatigue syndrome, once known as "yuppie flu...fatigue and immune dysfunction syndrome (CSFIDS), postviral fatigue syndrome or myalgic... |
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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Overview.
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is an illness...50s. Chronic fatigue syndrome can affect any sex, race...family Chronic fatigue syndrome does not appear to be...encephalomyelitis (ME), postviral fatigue syndrome, and... |
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Antiviral intervention for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) has a long history in medical literature...been referred to as chronic Epstein-Barr virus syndrome (EBV), chronic mononucleosis syndrome, postviral fatigue syndrome, epidemic myalgic encephalomyelitis... |
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Acute progressive bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome after upper respiratory...
...progressive bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome after a benign upper respiratory tract...improved. Key Words: carpal tunnel syndrome, EMG in carpal tunnel syndrome, median nerve entrapment, postviral disease. ********** Carpel... |
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Viral Infections of the Nervous System
...rabies, postinfectious demyelinating diseases, and postviral syndromes is discussed. New material abounds in the "Chronic...new chapters describing human retroviruses and postviral syndromes. New material regarding human herpesviruses... |
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Viral Infections of the Nervous System.(Review)
...rabies, postinfectious demyelinating diseases, and postviral syndromes is discussed. New material abounds in the "Chronic...new chapters describing human retroviruses and postviral syndromes. New material regarding human herpesviruses... |
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Reversible sensorineural hearing loss after renal transplant...
...hearing loss is the possibility of trauma, syphilis, a postviral syndrome, an autoimmune phenomenon, a perilymphatic fistula...fistula. The possibility of the patient's having a postviral, an autoimmune, or an ischemicrelated hearing loss... |