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Deterioration of a person's intellectual functioning. It is Progressive and extremely debilitating. It begins with minor memory loss and Progressive to complete loss of mental emotional and physical functioning frequently occurring in persons over 65 years of age |
Alzheimer's disease |
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A severe weakening and wasting of the involved muscle groups usually beginning with the hands and progressing to the shoulders upper arms and legs it is caused by decreased nerve innervation to the muscle groups |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) aka Lou Gehrig's disease |
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Is an absence of the brain and spinal cord at Birth A congenital disorder |
Anencephaly |
