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Parent topics
- Signs and symptoms [r]: Clinical manifestations that can be either objective when observed by a physician, or subjective when perceived by the patient (National Library of Medicine). [e]
Subtopics
- Agnosia [r]: A perceptual disorder that is the loss of the ability to comprehend the meaning or recognize the importance of various forms of stimulation that cannot be attributed to impairment of a primary sensory modality (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Akathisia [r]: A feeling of restlessness associated with increased motor activity. This may occur as a manifestation of nervous system drug toxicity or other conditions (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Anomia [r]: A language dysfunction characterized by the inability to name people and objects that are correctly perceived (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Aphasia [r]: A cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Apraxia [r]: A group of cognitive disorders characterized by the inability to perform previously learned skills that cannot be attributed to deficits of motor or sensory function (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Ataxia [r]: Impairment of the ability to perform smoothly coordinated voluntary movements (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Decerebrate rigidity [r]: Extensor reflexes are exaggerated leading to rigid extension of the limbs (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Decorticate rigidity [r]: Flexion of the elbows and wrists with extension of the legs and feet (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Dysarthria [r]: Disorders of speech articulation caused by imperfect coordination of pharynx, larynx, tongue, or face muscles (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Prosopagnosia [r]: The inability to recognize a familiar face or to learn to recognize new faces. This visual agnosia is most often associated with lesions involving the junctional regions between the temporal and occipital lobes (National Library of Medicine). [e]
- Straight leg raise [r]: The straight leg raise, also called Lasègue sign or Lasègue test, is a test done during the physical examination to determine whether a patient with low back pain has an underlying herniated disk [e]
- Tremor [r]: Cyclical movement of a body part that can represent either a physiologic process or a manifestation of disease (National Library of Medicine). [e]
