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mandibular nerve injuries

Traumatic injuries to the mandibular nerve and its branches. Wikidata entity Q114488439; linked MeSH descriptor D000080902. Includes multilingual names and external identifier mappings.

Genetics reference Neurology

Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease of the brain that causes dementia, which is a gradual loss of memory, judgment, and ability to function. This disorder usually appears in people older than age 65, but less common forms of…

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Health topic Neurology

Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. The seizures happen when clusters of nerve cells, or neurons, in the brain send out the wrong signals. People may have strange sensations and emotions or…

Medical terminology Neurology

Hemianopsia

Partial or complete loss of vision in one half of the visual field(s) of one or both eyes. Subtypes include altitudinal hemianopsia, characterized by a visual defect above or below the horizontal meridian of the visual field.…

Medical entity reference Neurology

tension headache

Common type of headache classified by The International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition. Wikidata entity Q1338684; linked MeSH descriptor D018781. Includes multilingual names and external identifier mappings.

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Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system. The disorder affects several regions of the brain, especially an area called the substantia nigra that controls balance and movement. Often the first symptom of…

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Migraine

Migraines are a recurring type of headache. They cause moderate to severe pain that is throbbing or pulsing. The pain is often on one side of your head. You may also have other symptoms, such as nausea and weakness. You may be…

Medical terminology Neurology

Gangliosidoses, GM2

A group of recessively inherited diseases characterized by the intralysosomal accumulation of G(M2) GANGLIOSIDE in the neuronal cells. Subtypes include mutations of enzymes in the BETA-N-ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASES system or G(M2) ACTIVATOR…

Medical entity reference Neurology

sleep deprivation

Condition of not having enough sleep. Wikidata entity Q1364801; linked MeSH descriptor D012892. Includes multilingual names and external identifier mappings.

Genetics reference Neurology

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease that affects motor neurons, which are specialized nerve cells that control muscle movement. These nerve cells are found in the spinal cord and the brain. In ALS, motor…

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Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects thinking and memory skills. If you have AD, it can impair your ability to reason or learn new skills…

Literature reference Neurology

Post-stroke epilepsy.

Bibliographic record: Tidsskrift for den Norske laegeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny raekke (2024 Aug 20). PMID 39167001. DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.24.0103.

Medical terminology Neurology

Mandibular Nerve Injuries

Traumatic injuries to the MANDIBULAR NERVE and its branches. Note that marginal mandibular nerve injury is a type of FACIAL NERVE INJURIES. Injuries to LINGUAL NERVE branch of mandibular nerve is LINGUAL NERVE INJURIES.

Medical entity reference Neurology

acromegaly

Human disease / micro cephaly opposite. Wikidata entity Q189580; linked MeSH descriptor D000172. Includes multilingual names and external identifier mappings.

Genetics reference Neurology

Huntington's disease

Huntington's disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes uncontrolled movements, emotional problems, and loss of thinking ability (cognition). Adult-onset Huntington's disease, the most common form of this disorder, usually…

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Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a type of movement disorder. It happens when nerve cells in the brain don't produce enough of a brain chemical called dopamine. Sometimes it is genetic, but most cases do not seem to run in families.…

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