8 Terms
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Diseases
pseudobulbar palsy
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome characterized by dysarthria, dysphagia, dysphonia, impairment of voluntary movements of tongue and facial muscles, and emotional lability. This condition is caused by diseases that affect ...
herpes zoster oticus
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome characterized by facial palsy in association with a herpetic eruption of the external auditory meatus. This may occasionally be associated with tinnitus, vertigo, deafness, severe otalgia, ...
de Lange syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome characterized by growth retardation, severe mental retardation, short stature, a low-pitched growling cry, brachycephaly, low-set ears, webbed neck, carp mouth, depressed nasal bridge, ...
aseptic meningitis
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome characterized by headache, neck stiffness, low grade fever, and CSF lymphocytic pleocytosis in the absence of an acute bacterial pathogen. Viral meningitis is the most frequent cause ...
long QT syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome characterized by history of syncopal episodes and a long QT interval, sometimes leading to sudden death (cardiac sudden death) due to paroxysmal ventricular arrhythmia. A form associated ...
Nelson syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome characterized by increased skin pigmentation, visual defects secondary to compression of the optic chiasm, and elevated serum levels of ACTH following adrenalectomy for cushing syndrome. ...
congenital pain insensitivity
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome characterized by indifference to PAIN despite the ability to distinguish noxious from nonnoxious stimuli. Absent corneal reflexes and mental retardation may be associated. Familial forms ...
