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DEFINITION Meningitis is the inflammation of the piamater,the arachnoid and the cerebrospinal fluid filled subarachnoid space. Meningitis is classified as …
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INTRODUCTION Head injury refers to trauma to the head. This may or may not include injury to the brain. However, …
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DEFINITION Myastenia gravis is a disorder affecting the neuromuscular transmission of the voluntary muscles of the body.It is characterized by …
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DEFINITION Multiple sclerosis or disseminating sclerosis is a chronic, progressive, degenerative disease of central nervous system that affects myelin sheath …
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The goals of rehabilitationThe goals of rehabilitation are to help survivors become as independent as possible and to attain the …
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  DEFINITION Parkinson s disease is a disease of the basal ganglia characterized by slowing down in the the initiation …
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INTRODUCTION Spinal cord injury is major health problem. The most common causes of spinal cord injury are road traffic accidents,,falls,violence …
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Trigeminal neuralgia is a condition of the fifth cranial nerve that is characterized by paroxysms of pain in the area …
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Tetraplegia refers to the loss of movement and sensation in all the four extremities and the trunk, associated with injury …
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Tumors are classified according to their anatomic relationship to the spinal cord. CLASSIFICATIONS OF SPINAL CORD TUMORS They includes intramedullary …
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