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Nervous System and Brain

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Signs and Symptoms: Neurologic Manifestations | Pain | Information Processing Disorders | Language Disorders | Learning Disorders | Perceptual Disorders

Central Nervous System: Brain Diseases | Brain Injury | Infections | Malformations | Spinal Cord Diseases | Spinal Cord Injury

Other Diseases and Disorders: Autoimmune Nervous System Diseases | Autonomic Nervous System Diseases | Cranial Nerve Disorders | Degenerative Nervous System Diseases | Dementias | Headache and Migraine | Motor Neuron Diseases | Movement Disorders | Peripheral Nerve Disorders | Sleep Disorders

Other Topics: General Nervous System and Brain | Anatomy | Diagnostic Procedures | Neural Transplantation | Surgery


Spinal Cord Diseases

(Jump to: Cauda Equina Syndrome | Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy | General Information | Hydromyelia | Lipomyelomeningocele | Neural Tube Defects | Syringomelia | Stiff Person Syndrome | Tabes Dorsalis | Tranverse Myelitis | Tumors )

General Information
Spinal Cord Diseases: MedlinePlus


Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cauda Equina Syndrome:AANS
What is Cauda Equina Syndrome?:Cauda Equina Syndrome Support Group


Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (Spinal Cord Compression)
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy (CSM):American Academy of Family Physicians
Understanding Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy:Spine-health.com
Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy: A Common Cause of Spinal Cord Dysfunction in Older Persons:American Academy of Family Physicians


Hydromyelia
Hydromyelia:NINDS


Neural Tube Defects
See Genetics and Birth Defects, Neural Tube Defects


Lipomyelomeningocele
Lipomyelomeningocele:Seattle Children's Hospital
Spinal Cord Lipomas & Lipomyelomeningoceles:UCLA Neurosurgery


Syringomyelia
Syringomyelia Fact Sheet:NINDS
What is Syringomyelia?:American Syringomyelia Alliance Project
Syringomyelia:MedlinePlus


Stiff Person Syndrome
Stiff-Person Syndrome:NINDS
Stiff-Man Syndrome:Yale University


Tabes Dorsalis
Tabes Dorsalis:NINDS


Transverse Myelitis
Transverse Myelitis Fact Sheet:NINDS
Transverse Myelitis Associated Diseases:Johns Hopkins Transverse Myelitis Center
About Transverse Myelitis:Transverse Myelitis Association
Neuromyelitis Optica, see Eye Diseases, Optic Nerve Disorders


Tumors
See Cancer, Brain and Spinal Tumors


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