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| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
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| cyst-like sac with skin/membrane protruding through bony defect in vertebrae containing meninges, cerebral spinal fluid and cord segments |
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| degenerative inflammatory diseae attacking myelin sheath in the spinal cord and brain |
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| chronic progressive neuromuscular disorder/auto immune disease which antibodies block/destroy acetylcholine receptor sites causing severe muscle weakness and fatigue |
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| severe, sharp pain that extends along the course of one or more nerves |
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| short periods of severe unilateral pain, radiats along the fifth cranial nerve |
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| most commonly diagnosed of both benign and malignant primary brain tumors. most common are astrocytomas, ependymomas, oligodendrogliomas and tumors with mixtues of two or more of these cell types |
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| passing electrial current through the brain to create a brief seizure in the brain, used to treat severe depression |
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| procedure to visualize the spinal cord and vertebral column through x-ray |
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| procedure to relieve pain in a localized area by incision of cranial or peripheral nerves |
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| radiographically visualizing one of the ventricles or fluid occupying spaces in the central nervous system |
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| non-cancerous tumor develops on the nerve that connects the ear to the brain |
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