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  • 1bulbar signs — dysfunction of muscles in the lower face and throat that are supplied by motor nerves coming off the brainstem, which causes difficulties in breathing, swallowing, talking, and other functions of the throat; these are seen with conditions such as …

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  • 2Progressive bulbar palsy — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|G|12|2|g|10 ICD9 = ICD9|335.22 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshName = Bulbar+Palsy,+Progressive MeshNumber = C10.574.562.300 Progressive Bulbar… …

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  • 3Infantile progressive bulbar palsy — is a rare type of progressive bulbar palsy that occurs in children. The disease exists in both rapid and slow onsets, and involves inflammation of the gray matter of the bulb (Wilson 1909). Infantile PBP is a disease that manifests itself in two… …

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  • 4progressive bulbar palsy — progressive paralysis and atrophy of the muscles of the lips, tongue, mouth, pharynx, and larynx due to lesions of the motor nuclei of the lower brainstem. It is a chronic, generally fatal disease with onset usually in late adulthood; onset may… …

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  • 5nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …

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  • 6Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — This article is about progressive Motor Neuron Disease (MND) affecting both the upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons. For MND affecting either but not necessarily both, see Motor neurone disease. ALS redirects here. For other uses, see ALS …

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  • 7Kennedy disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 7144 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|335.1 ICDO = OMIM = 313200 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = neuro eMedicineTopic = 421 MeshID = Kennedy s disease (KD) or X linked spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy… …

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  • 8Palsy — Paralysis, generally partial, whereby a local body area is incapable of voluntary movement (motor function). For example, Bell’s palsy is localized paralysis of the muscles on one side of the face. The word “palsy” is a corruption (and… …

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  • 9Lambert-Eaton syndrome — Lam·bert Ea·ton syndrome lam bərt ēt ən n an autoimmune disorder that is caused by impaired presynaptic release of acetylcholine at nerve synapses, that resembles myasthenia, that is characterized by weakness usu. affecting the limbs but not the… …

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  • 10Werdnig-Hoffman disease — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = Werdnig Hoffman disease ICD10 = ICD10|G|12|0|g|10 ICD9 = ICD9|335.0 ICDO = Caption = OMIM = 253300 MedlinePlus = 000996 | eMedicineSubj = orthoped eMedicineTopic = 304 DiseasesDB = MeshID = D014897 Werdnig Hoffman… …

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