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A - K. Lou Gehrig's disease General causes Auto- immune diseases Osteo- malacia Curare poisoning Museology and ... disease , in which the muscles are unable disease to degrade glycogen to lactic acid on exertion because of the absence of ...
A - K. Lou Gehrig's disease General causes Auto- immune diseases Osteo- malacia Curare poisoning Museology and ... disease , in which the muscles are unable disease to degrade glycogen to lactic acid on exertion because of the absence of ...
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... disease affecting other body systems , such as the endocrine glands ( diabetes , thyroid disease ) , the kidneys , liver , and lung ( organ failure ) , and the blood ( anemia , leukemia ) . Vascular diseases , including stroke , are an ...
... disease affecting other body systems , such as the endocrine glands ( diabetes , thyroid disease ) , the kidneys , liver , and lung ( organ failure ) , and the blood ( anemia , leukemia ) . Vascular diseases , including stroke , are an ...
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... disease . Demyelination frequently af- fects the cerebellum and its connections . Indeed , Jean- Martin Charcot , the French neurologist of the late ... disease Wilson's disease Huntington's disease is the most Nerves and Nervous Systems 853.
... disease . Demyelination frequently af- fects the cerebellum and its connections . Indeed , Jean- Martin Charcot , the French neurologist of the late ... disease Wilson's disease Huntington's disease is the most Nerves and Nervous Systems 853.
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