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... cause of neuropathy in the world ) , metabolic diseases , cancer , and myeloma or other dysproteinemias also cause mixed demyelinating neuropathies . Acute inflammatory neuropathy ( the Guillain - Barré syn- drome ) is another important ...
... cause of neuropathy in the world ) , metabolic diseases , cancer , and myeloma or other dysproteinemias also cause mixed demyelinating neuropathies . Acute inflammatory neuropathy ( the Guillain - Barré syn- drome ) is another important ...
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... cause . This and similar agents are known as slow viruses , although they have properties quite distinct from those of conventional viruses . Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease is a rare cause of rapidly devel- oping dementia in adults , with ...
... cause . This and similar agents are known as slow viruses , although they have properties quite distinct from those of conventional viruses . Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease is a rare cause of rapidly devel- oping dementia in adults , with ...
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... cause loss of vision in the opposite half of the visual field and sometimes difficulty in the comprehension of speech ( called receptive aphasia ) . An infarct of the area of brain supplied by the basilar artery is usually fatal because ...
... cause loss of vision in the opposite half of the visual field and sometimes difficulty in the comprehension of speech ( called receptive aphasia ) . An infarct of the area of brain supplied by the basilar artery is usually fatal because ...
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