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Abarognosis
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Loss of the ability to sense weight (Parietal Lobe)
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Acquired Epileptiform Aphasia
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characterized by the sudden or gradual development of aphasia and an abnormal EEG.LKS affects Broca's area and Wernicke's area. The disorder usually occurs in children between the ages of 5 and 7 years.
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
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Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune mediated disease of the brain.It usually occurs following a viral infection but may appear following vaccination, bacterial or parasitic infection, or even appear spontaneously. ADEM has an abrupt onset and a monophasic course. Symptoms usually begin 1–3 weeks after infection or vaccination. Major symptoms include fever, headache, drowsiness, seizures and coma. Although initially the symptoms are usually mild, they worsen rapidly over the course of hours to days, with the average time to maximum severity being about four and a half days. Additional symptoms include hemiparesis, paraparesis, and cranial nerve palsies.
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Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)
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Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD), also called "Siemerling-Creutzfeldt Disease," or "Schilder's disease"is a rare, inherited disorder that leads to progressive brain damage, failure of the adrenal glands and eventually death
Symptoms normally start between the ages of 4 and 10 and include loss of previously acquired neurologic abilities, seizures, ataxia, Addison's disease, and degeneration of visual and auditory function |
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Chiari malformation
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A malformation of the brain. It consists of a downward displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum (the opening at the base of the skull), sometimes causing hydrocephalus as a result of obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) outflow [1]. The cerebrospinal fluid outflow is caused by phase difference in outflow and influx of blood in the vasculature of the brain. It can cause headaches, fatigue, muscle weakness in the head and face, difficulty swallowing, dizziness, nausea, impaired coordination, and, in severe cases, paralysis
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Myasthenia gravis
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Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary muscle groups. It is believed that the condition affects more than 20 people in every 100,000. Myasthenia gravis most often affects the muscles that control the eyes and eyelids, chewing, swallowing, coughing, facial expression, and movement of the arms and legs.
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Bell's palsy
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a dysfunction of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) that results in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g., brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme disease. However, if no specific cause can be identified, the condition is known as Bell's palsy
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