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  2. Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania - Wikipedia

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    Other names. Sjaastad syndrome. Specialty. Neurology. Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania (CPH) is a severe debilitating unilateral headache usually affecting the area around the eye. It normally consists of multiple severe, yet short, headache attacks affecting only one side of the cranium. Retrospective surveys indicated that paroxysmal hemicrania ...

  3. Helge Stormorken - Wikipedia

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    Stormorken was active in international organisations within the field, as chairman of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis 1978–1982, as cofounder and member of the governing board in European Thrombosis Research Organisation (ETRO) 1972–1978, as an honorary member in 1997. In 1971 Oslo and his institute was chosen as the ...

  4. Sjaastad - Wikipedia

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    Sjaastad may refer to: ... Sjaastad syndrome or chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, a severe debilitating unilateral headache; Sjåstad, village in Lier municipality, Norway

  5. Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease - Wikipedia

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    Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), also known as subacute spongiform encephalopathy or neurocognitive disorder due to prion disease, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease. [4][1] Early symptoms include memory problems, behavioral changes, poor coordination, and visual disturbances. [4] Later symptoms include dementia, involuntary movements ...

  6. Gerstmann syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Gerstmann syndrome. Gerstmann syndrome is a neuropsychological disorder that is characterized by a constellation of symptoms [1] that suggests the presence of a lesion usually near the junction of the temporal and parietal lobes at or near the angular gyrus. Gerstmann syndrome is typically associated with damage to the inferior parietal lobule ...

  7. Stargardt disease - Wikipedia

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    Genetic. Diagnostic method. Slit lamp. Treatment. None. Stargardt disease is the most common inherited single-gene retinal disease. [1] In terms of the first description of the disease, [2] it follows an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, which has been later linked to bi-allelic ABCA4 gene variants (STGD1).

  8. Machado–Joseph disease - Wikipedia

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    Machado–Joseph disease (MJD), also known as Machado–Joseph Azorean disease, Machado's disease, Joseph's disease or spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3), is a rare autosomal dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive cerebellar ataxia, [1] [2] which results in a lack of muscle control and coordination of the upper and lower extremities. [3]

  9. Ehlers–Danlos syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Frequency. 1 in 5,000 [1] Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of 13 genetic connective-tissue disorders. [7] Symptoms often include loose joints, joint pain, stretchy velvety skin, and abnormal scar formation. [1] These may be noticed at birth or in early childhood. [3]