salaam spasm

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• Spasm — A brief, automatic jerking movement. A muscle spasm can be quite painful, with the muscle clenching tightly. A spasm of the coronary artery can cause angina. Spasms in various types of tissue may be caused by stress, medication, over exercise, or …   Medical dictionary

• infantile spasms — salaam attacks a rare but serious form of epilepsy that usually begins between three and eight months of age. The spasms are involuntary flexing movements of the arms, legs, neck, and trunk; each spasm lasts 1–3 seconds and is associated with… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• West syndrome — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G40.4 ICD 9 345.6 …   Wikipedia

• convulsion — 1. A violent spasm or series of jerkings of the face, trunk, or extremities. 2. SYN: seizure (2). [L. convulsio, fr. convello, pp. vulsus, to tear up] benign neonatal convulsions a familial, self limited epilepsy …   Medical dictionary

• Infantile spasms — A seizure disorder of infancy and early childhood with the onset predominantly in the first year of life of myoclonic seizures, hypsarrhythmia (abnormal, chaotic electroencephalogram), and mental retardation. The spasms are sudden, brief… …   Medical dictionary

• Lennox-Gastaut syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = Lennox Gastaut syndrome ICD10 = ICD10|G|40|4|g|40 ICD9 = ICD9|345.0 eMedicineSubj = neuro eMedicineTopic = 186 DiseasesDB = 29493 Lennox Gastaut syndrome (LGS), also known as Lennox syndrome , is a difficult to treat form… …   Wikipedia

• attack — A sudden illness or an episode or exacerbation of chronic or recurrent illness. brain a. SYN: stroke (1). drop a. an episode of sudden falling that occurs during standing or walking, without warning and without loss of …   Medical dictionary

• Organic prepartum and postpartum psychoses — There are many distinct forms of psychosis which start during pregnancy (prepartum) or after delivery (postpartum). In Europe and North America, only one – acute postpartum bipolar or polymorphic psychosis (postpartum psychosis)– is commonly seen …   Wikipedia