Brain Disorder

Of nervous disorder.   May also be referred to as brain disease and encephalopathy.

Any disorder or disease of the brain.

This concept's ID is @1~70941

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  • epilepsy 12 facts

    A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and co...

  • aphasia 8 facts

    Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion.

  • agnosia 3 facts

    Inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.

  • paralysis agitans 1 facts

    A degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor...

  • Reye's syndrome 0 facts

    Acquired encephalopathy following acute viral infections (especially influenza or...

  • cerebral palsy 0 facts

    A loss or deficiency of motor control with involuntary spasms caused by permanent...

  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 0 facts

    Rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an...

  • Wernicke's encephalopathy 0 facts

    Inflammatory degenerative disease of the brain caused by thiamine deficiency...

  • acataphasia 0 facts

    A disorder in which a lesion to the central nervous system leaves you unable to formulate...

  • agraphia 0 facts

    A loss of the ability to write or to express thoughts in writing because of a brain le...

  • apraxia 0 facts

    Inability to make purposeful movements.