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Other common causes of chronic organic brain syndrome sometimes listed are the various types of dementia, which result from permanent brain damage due to strokes, [7] Alzheimer's disease, or other damaging causes which are irreversible. Amnestic pertains to amnesia and is the impairment in ability to learn or recall new information, or recall ...
This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...
Cases involving these symptoms are classified as functional disorders ("functional" in this context is usually contrasted with the old term "organic disease"). For example, in functional neurologic disorder (FND), those affected present with various neurological symptoms such as functional seizures , numbness , paresthesia , and weakness ...
Organic brain syndrome; Organic dust toxic syndrome; Orofaciodigital syndrome 1; Ortner's syndrome; OSLAM syndrome; Osler–Weber–Rendu disease; Otodental syndrome; Otofacial syndrome; Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome; Ovarian vein syndrome; Overgrowth syndrome; Overlap syndrome
The symptoms vary widely, as do the treatments. Central nervous system tumors are the most common forms of pediatric cancer. Brain tumors are the most frequent and have the highest mortality. [4] Some disorders, such as substance addiction, autism, and ADHD may be regarded as CNS disorders, though the classifications are not without dispute.
Psychoorganic syndrome (POS), also known as organic psychosyndrome, is a progressive disease comparable to presenile dementia.It consists of psychopathological complex of symptoms that are caused by organic brain disorders that involve a reduction in memory and intellect.
333 Other extrapyramidal disease and abnormal movement disorders. 333.0 Other degenerative diseases of the basal ganglia; 333.1 Essential and other specified forms of tremor; 333.2 Myoclonus; 333.3 Tics of organic origin; 333.4 Huntington's chorea; 333.5 Other choreas; 333.6 Idiopathic torsion dystonia; 333.7 Symptomatic torsion dystonia; 333.8 ...
Nervous system diseases, also known as nervous system or neurological disorders, refers to a small class of medical conditions affecting the nervous system.This category encompasses over 600 different conditions, including genetic disorders, infections, cancer, seizure disorders (such as epilepsy), conditions with a cardiovascular origin (such as stroke), congenital and developmental disorders ...