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Allodynia (Al-oh-DIN-ee-ah) is pain from something that shouldn't be painful," such as "a soft touch, the weight of bed covers, or even a cool breeze."...
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Atrophy [Medical Terms]
Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply to the target organ, disuse or lack of exercise or disease intrinsic to the tissue itself. Hormonal and nerve inputs that maintain an organ or body part are referred to ...
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Avonex [Medical Terms]
Avonex (Interferon beta-1a)
is a once a week intramuscular injection using a 27 gauge needle (thicker than Rebif). It is produced by the Biogen Idec biotechnology company. Originally it was under competition protection in the US under the Orphan Drug Act.
Avonex was approved in USA in 1996, and in Europe in 1997, and is registered in more than 80 ...
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Extension of the great toe when the lateral aspect of the sole is stroked sharply, as seen in neurological conditions such as Multiple Sclerosis...
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Balo concentric sclerosis is one of the borderline forms of multiple sclerosis.
Balo concentric sclerosis is a demyelinating disease similar to standard Multiple sclerosis, but with the particularity that the demyelinated tissues form concentric layers. Scientists used to believe that the prognosis was similar to Marburg multiple sclerosis, but no...
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Betaferon (also called Betaseron) (Interferon-1b)
is a drug in the interferon family used to treat multiple sclerosis. It is administered by sub-cutaneous injection and has been shown to slow the advance of the affliction as well as reduce the frequency of attacks. Betaseron is manufactured by Berlex Corporation.
It is believed that Interferon-Bet...
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Chronic cerebro-spinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI) is a syndrome in which the venous system is not able to remove efficiently the oxygen-poor blood from the CNS. It is mostly due to venous stenosis of the jugular and azygos veins, or problems in veins' valves. Such a complex vascular picture was discovered by Paolo Zamboni, who also reported the ...
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), Liquor cerebrospinalis, is a clear bodily fluid that occupies the subarachnoid space and the ventricular system around and inside the brain.
More specifically the CSF occupies the space between the arachnoid mater (the middle layer of the brain cover, meninges) and the pia mater (the layer of the meninges closes to the b...
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In medicine, a chronic disease is a disease that is long-lasting or recurrent. The term chronic describes the course of the disease, or its rate of onset and development....
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Clonus [Medical Terms]
Clonus (from the Greek for "violent, confused motion") is a series of involuntary muscular contractions due to sudden stretching of the muscle. Clonus is a sign of certain neurological conditions, and is particularly associated with so-called upper motor neuron lesions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), stroke, multiple sclerosis or spin...
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