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Spinal muscular atrophy 1 Summary Summary. Spinal muscular atrophy 1 (SMA1), also known as Werdnig Hoffmann disease, is a severe type of spinal muscular atrophy. Symptoms of SMA1 become apparent before 6 months of age and include worsening muscle weakness and poor muscle tone (hypotonia) due to loss of the lower motor neurons in the spinal cord and brain stem.
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Morphea Morphea, also known as localized scleroderma, is a rare disorder characterized by excessive collagen deposition leading to thickening of the skin, subcutaneous tissues, or both. It is classified into plaque, generalized, linear, and deep subtypes.
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Scheuermann's disease Scheuermann's disease. Scheuermann's disease is a self-limiting skeletal disorder of childhood. Scheuermann's disease describes a condition where the vertebrae grow unevenly with respect to the sagittal plane; that is, the posterior angle is often greater than the anterior. This uneven growth results in the signature wedging shape of the vertebrae, causing kyphosis.
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Causes of Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease (PD, also known as idiopathic or primary parkinsonism, hypokinetic rigid syndrome (HRS), or paralysis agitans) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system mainly affecting the motor system.arkinson's disease in most people is idiopathic (having no specific known cause). However, a small proportion of cases can be attributed to known genetic factors. Other factors have been associated with the risk of developing PD, but no causal relationships have been proven.
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- Collagen Vascular Disorders. The Collagen Vascular Disorders Clinic provides diagnosis and ongoing management of skin issues in patients with all forms of connective tissue disease including lupus erythematosus, dermatomyositis, morphea, systemic sclerosis, vasculitis, and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
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- Pityriasis lichenoides has an acute and chronic phase. The acute form is called Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) or Mucha-Habermann disease. The chronic form is usually designated as pityriasis licehnoides chronica.ityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) is commonly thought of as a disease of young adults, yet we identified five cases, involving patients who were 3, 5, 6, 8, and 11 years of age, among 13,000 consecutive specimens submitted to a general dermatopathology laboratory during a 15-week period.
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- Prior to establishing Brandywine Valley Family Care, Dr. Hoffman was Medical Director for Advanced Treatment Systems in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He has also served as a medical consultant for Bowling Green Brandywine, located in Kennett Square, PA.
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What is Larsen Syndrome? Larsen syndrome is congenital, which means the disorder is present from birth. Congenital heart problems may be associated with Larsen syndrome. Larsen syndrome is a congenital disorder which causes deformities of the hands and feet.
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Arthritis and SjÃ¶gren's Syndrome Sjögren's syndrome occurs in two basic forms: primary Sjögren's syndrome -- the disease by itself and not associated with any other illness; and secondary Sjögren's syndrome -- disease that develops in the presence of another autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, or vasculitis.
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- These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Werdnig-Hoffman Disease: 1  Werdnig. 2  Hoffman. 3  Hoffman syndrome. 4  Hereditary. Hereditary disease.  Hereditary 1  disorder. Disorder.  Form.
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Von Recklinghausenâs Disease (Neurofibromatosis 1) Von Recklinghausen’s disease (VR) is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of tumors on the nerves.The disease can also affect the skin and cause bones deformities. There are three forms of VR: neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), and schwannomatosis, considered a variant of type 2.ymptoms of Von Recklinghausen’s Disease. VR affects the skin and the peripheral nervous system. The first symptoms are usually observed in childhood and affect the skin.
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Edward J. Hoffman, 62; Professor, Co-Inventor of PET Scan Device August 04, 2004|From Times Staff and Wire Reports. Edward J. Hoffman, 62, UCLA professor of nuclear medicine who with Michael E. Phelps invented the positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, which helps detect cancer, heart disease and other serious illnesses, died July 1 at UCLA Medical Center of liver cancer.
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disease Binswanger's disease a degenerative dementia of presenile onset caused by demyelination of the subcortical white matter of the brain. black disease a fatal disease of sheep, and sometimes of humans, in the United States and Australia, due to Clostridium novyi, marked by necrotic areas in the liver.
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- What could cause Hoffman's sign, Knee Clonus, and Hyperreflexia? - Neurology Community
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Background This disease was referred to as Hoffman disease and later was known as Charcot-Marie-Tooth-Hoffman disease. In 1968, CMT disease was subdivided into two types, CMT 1 and CMT 2, on the basis of pathologic and physiologic criteria.
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KienbÃ¶ck's disease Specifically, Kienböck's disease is another name for avascular necrosis (death and fracture of bone tissue due to interruption of blood supply) with fragmentation and collapse of the lunate.
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- Parkinson's disease (PD, also known as idiopathic or primary parkinsonism, hypokinetic rigid syndrome (HRS), or paralysis agitans) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system mainly affecting the motor system.arkinson's disease is more common in older people, with most cases occurring after the age of 50; when it is seen in young adults, it is called young onset PD (YOPD). The main motor symptoms are collectively called parkinsonism, or a parkinsonian syndrome.
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What is Larsen Syndrome? Larsen syndrome is an autosomal dominant congenital disorder, which means it only takes one defective copy of the gene for the disorder to be inherited. Just one parent with a mutated gene is enough to pass the same disorder to her child.
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- Hoffman practices method acting, and is widely considered a pain in the ass to work with. He is renowned for his big ego and in-depth character research, and for demands of directors, suggestions for co-stars and scriptwriters, endless ideas for plot revisions, and numerous fights with studio executives.
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- Hoffman Estates is a northwestern suburb of  Chicago in Illinois. The village is located primarily in Cook County with a small section in Kane County, Illinois. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 49,495 and estimated to be 52,520 in 2003. The village was incorporated in 1959 .
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- Flea Photos. 1  Photo of a small microscopic flea. 2  Photo of an isolated flea. 3  Close-up photo of a flea.  Snapshot of the appearance and distribution of fleas.
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Binswanger's Disease What Is Binswanger's Disease? Binswanger's disease, sometimes referred to as subcortical vascular dementia, is a rare form of vascular dementia. It is associated with problems with blood vessels in the subcortical white matter. Binswanger's disease causes loss of memory and cognition, as well as mood changes.
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- Hoffman Syndrome is a rare adult pseudohypertrophic myopathy associated with hypothyroidism, usually autoimmune thyroiditis. These patients present with focal or generalized muscle hypertrophy and other systemic features of hypothyroidism.There have not been many cases reported in India. We report a typical case.n our case, there was predominance of arm muscle hypertrophy alone. Hoffman's disease is a specific, rare form of hypothyroid myopathy, which causes proximal weakness and pseudohypertrophy of muscles, due to connective tissue deposition.
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Trivia  (49) Dustin Hoffman had to wear contact lenses so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses he had to wear. Whilst shooting in Jamaica, Dustin Hoffman met Paul McCartney who was vacationing in Montego Bay. One evening, Hoffman invited McCartney to dinner and challenged him to write a song about anything.. Since painter Pablo Picasso had just died, Hoffman requested that McCartney compose a song around Picasso's dying words (Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore).
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Background In the early 1890s, Werdnig and Hoffman described a disorder of progressive muscular weakness beginning in infancy that resulted in early death, though the age of death was variable. In pathologic terms, the disease was characterized by loss of anterior horn cells.
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