familial paralysis

  • 1Paralysis, sleep — A frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to move for a few minutes, most often upon falling asleep or waking up. Sleep paralysis is due to an ill timed disconnection between the brain and… …

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  • 2Familial hemiplegic migraine — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 4693 ICD10 = ICD10|G|43|1|g|40 ICD9 = ICD9|346.8 ICDO = OMIM = 141500 OMIM mult = OMIM2|602481 OMIM2|609634 OMIM2|607516 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = neuro eMedicineTopic = 219 Familial… …

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  • 3Paralysis — Loss of voluntary movement (motor function). Paralysis that affects only one muscle or limb is partial paralysis, also known as palsy; paralysis of all muscles is total paralysis, as may occur in cases of botulism. * * * 1. Loss of power of… …

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  • 4familial periodic paralysis — any of several autosomal dominant conditions marked by recurring attacks of rapidly progressive flaccid paralysis, further classified on the basis of serum potassium levels; see hypokalemic periodic p. and hyperkalemic periodic p …

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  • 5Sleep paralysis — A frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to move for a few minutes, most often upon falling asleep or waking up. Sleep paralysis is due to an ill timed disconnection between the brain and… …

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  • 6Periodic paralysis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|G|72|3|g|70 ICD9 = ICD9|359.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D010245 Periodic paralysis is a group of rare genetic diseases that lead to… …

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  • 7periodic paralysis — ▪ pathology       any of the forms of a rare disorder that is characterized by relatively short term, recurrent attacks of muscle weakness. Usually the disorder is inherited; it occurs three times more often in males than in females.… …

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  • 8juvenile paralysis agitans — (of Hunt) a condition developing in early life, usually familial but occasionally occurring sporadically, marked by increased muscle tonus with the characteristic attitude and facies of paralysis agitans, due to progressive degeneration of the… …

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  • 9syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …

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  • 10Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia — Classification and external resources Photomicrograph of an ARVC heart. ICD 10 I …

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