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  • 1Expanded Disability Status Scale — The Kurtzke Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is a method of quantifying disability in multiple sclerosis. [cite journal |author=Kurtzke JF |title=Rating neurologic impairment in multiple sclerosis: an expanded disability status scale… …

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  • 2Expanded Disability Status Scale — Die Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) ist eine von J.F. Kurtzke entwickelte Leistungsskala, die Auskunft über den Schweregrad der Behinderung bei Multiple Sklerose Patienten gibt. Die Skala beginnt bei 0,0 und endet bei 10.0. Der Arzt… …

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  • 3scale — 1. A standardized test for measuring psychological, personality, or behavioral characteristics. SEE ALSO: score, test. 2. SYN: squama. 3. A small thin plate of horny epithelium, resembling a fish s., cast off from the skin …

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  • 4Disability — Disabled redirects here. For the poem by Wilfred Owen, see Disabled (poem). Disabilities redirects here. For the Middle Age restrictions, see Disabilities (Jewish). Disability …

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  • 5Rancho Los Amigos Scale — The Rancho Los Amigos Scale (a.k.a. the Rancho Los Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning Scale (LOCF) or Rancho Scale) is a medical scale used to assess individuals after a closed head injury, including traumatic brain injury, based on cognitive …

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  • 6Mental status examination — Intervention ICD 9 CM 94.09, 94.11 The mental status examination in the USA or mental state …

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  • 7Abbreviated Injury Scale — Die Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) bzw. vereinfachte Verletzungsskala wurde Ende der 1960er Jahre als Bewertungsskala für die Letalität von Einzelverletzungen eingeführt. Treibende Kraft für die Entwicklung war die automobile Unfallforschung in… …

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  • 8Multiple sclerosis — Classification and external resources Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100 ICD …

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  • 9Multiple sclerosis signs and symptoms — Main symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis can cause a variety of symptoms: changes in sensation (hypoesthesia), muscle weakness, abnormal muscle spasms, or difficulty moving; difficulties with coordination and balance; problems in… …

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  • 10Treatment of multiple sclerosis — Several therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) exist, although there is no known cure. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). The most common initial course of the disease… …

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