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Common Conditions and Diseases of the Nervous System

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show chronic mental disorder of dementia and progressive disorientation  
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)   show
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show unable to speak  
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show loss of strength, extreme weakness  
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astrocytoma   show
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show loss of muscle coordination  
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Bell's palsy   show
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show slow movement  
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brain tumor   show
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cephalgia   show
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show nonprogressive paralysis resulting from defect or trauma to the brain at the time of birth  
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show stroke, loss of blood supply to an area of the brain, loss of function depends on location and size of damage in the brain  
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show involuntary twitching of muscles  
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show abnormal deep sleep  
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concussion   show
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show injury to the brain causing bruising to the brain  
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show severe involutary muscle tremors  
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craniocele   show
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show wearing away of invertebral disc causing spinal stenosis  
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show progressive impairment of the thought process and loss of memory  
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show impairment of speech  
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encephalitis   show
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encephalocele   show
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encephalosclerosis   show
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epidural hematoma   show
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show disorder of the brain with convulsive seizures and a loss of consciousness can occur  
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show acute progressive disease affecting the peripheral and spinal nerves  
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show mass of blood or swelling of the brain  
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show loss of movement on one side of the body  
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Huntington's chorea   show
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hydrocephalus   show
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insomnia   show
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meningioma   show
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meningitis   show
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meningocele   show
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show inflammatory disease of the CNS with extreme weakness and numbness  
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myasthenia gravis   show
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show chronic uncontrolled desire to sleep  
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neuritis   show
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show malignant hemorrhagic tumor that begins in the brain  
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show chronic disease of the nervous system with tremors, weakness, rigidity, and shuffling gait  
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Reye's syndrome   show
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skull fracture   show
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show periods of apnea during sleep  
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show congenital defect, spinal cord is pushed out through an opening in the vertebra  
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subdural hematoma   show
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transient ischemic attack (TIA)   show
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