noun
definition
The abnormal hardening of body tissues, such as an artery.
definition
Inability to create change.
Examples of sclerosis in a Sentence
The initial phase III studies involved patients with Multiple Sclerosis, neuropathic pain, brachial plexus avulsion and cancer pain.
A few weeks later I was told I had multiple sclerosis.
Rate of pregnancy related relapse in multiple sclerosis.
About 33 to 50 percent of all tuberous sclerosis patients have problems such as learning disabilities, severe mental retardation, attention deficit disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, autism, aggression, rage, or self-harming behavior.
The accumulation of poisonous alkaloids can result in liver sclerosis, which may not be obvious for up to eighteen months.
She, and the next 35 patients, had secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.
Her work took her all around Devon supporting families with physical handicap problems e.g. multiple sclerosis.
We have treated a small group of people with aggressive relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis using an experimental drug called Campath-1H.
But no treatment is available for a second form called primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
The saving per relapse prevented was assumed to be the same as for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
Rebif is indicated for the treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis.
Clinical efficacy TYSABRI is indicated as a single disease modifying therapy in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis to prevent relapses and delay progression of disability.
Recently long term studies of patients with ADEM have shown that a small number later on develop multiple sclerosis.
Recommended Sites MS Society Site of the UKs largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis.
A woman paralyzed by multiple sclerosis rode a horse for the first time in years.
His specialist interest is Multiple Sclerosis, as well as general neurology, and he has lectured for Pastest regularly since 2001.
It can accompany various diseases including scleroderma (systemic sclerosis ).
We continue to examine the opportunity for our antibody candidates in other indications, including diffuse systemic sclerosis.
There was Hodgkin's disease, leukemia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
For the past six years, she has followed from infancy a cohort of 20 children with tuberous sclerosis.
The multiple sclerosis is not a death sentence, where methanol toxicity is.
Surgery to remove the source of seizures in the hippocampus can cure temporal lobe epilepsy in patients with hippocampal sclerosis.
Out of her clinical work sprang a research interest in systemic sclerosis, a disorder for which little could then be done.
He has a special interest in multiple sclerosis having been a sufferer of the condition for ten years.
It is important that these potentially remediable conditions are recognized and treated to ensure that patients with multiple sclerosis retain optimum visual function.
It can accompany various diseases including scleroderma (systemic sclerosis).
There was Hodgkin 's disease, leukemia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
For the past six years, she has followed from infancy a cohort of 20 children with Tuberous Sclerosis.
All seizure types, except typical absence seizures, can be observed in children with tuberous sclerosis complex.
There are 85,000 Multiple Sclerosis patients in the UK.
Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centers (Scotland) Home Page Location Map of Therapy Centers in Scotland Contact Details Why do the Centers exist?
Also an application for funding a large randomized trial of beta-interferon for multiple sclerosis treatment.
He has a special interest in Multiple Sclerosis having been a sufferer of the condition for ten years.
Sporadic lymphangioleiomyomatosis is more likely to be progressive than lymphangioleiomyomatosis seen in individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex.
Young patients might have been wrongly classified as subacute sclerosis panencephalitis in the past.
In patients with a single clinical event suggestive of multiple sclerosis, efficacy has been demonstrated over a period of two years.
Skin manifestations facilitate the diagnosis of genetic disease - well known examples include neurofibromatosis and tuberose sclerosis but there are many others.
These range from the absurd, like curing baldness, to the dangerous, like offering false hope to those suffering from multiple sclerosis, AIDS and cancer.
Jessica was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2004 and began researching the impact of toxins on health.
Medicare and most regular health insurance policies do not cover long-term care for many chronic illnesses such as Alzheimer's Disease, multiple sclerosis and diabetes.
Also refers to a small, round demyelinated area that develops in the brain and spinal cord of an individual with multiple sclerosis.
Common neurological conditions associated with spasticity include cerebral palsy, brain injury or trauma, severe head injury, stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, and some metabolic diseases.
For example, some people with multiple sclerosis who experience significant leg weakness find that spasticity makes their legs more rigid, helping them to stand, transfer to a chair or bed, or walk.
Specialists recommend that people with multiple sclerosis and other movement disorders adhere to the same low-fat, high-fiber diet that is recommended for the general population.
Initial trials of cannabinoids, the active ingredient in marijuana, have shown promise in the treatment of muscle stiffness and limb straightening associated with multiple sclerosis.
Dysthymia is prevalent in patients with certain medical conditions, including multiple sclerosis, AIDS, hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, and post-cardiac transplantation.
Vertigo can also be caused by disorders of the central nervous system and the circulatory system, such as hardening of the arteries (arteriosclerosis), stroke, or multiple sclerosis.
Tuberous sclerosis is a genetic disorder in which noncancerous (benign) tumors grow on the brain, skin, kidneys, eyes, heart, and lungs.
The name tuberous sclerosis refers to characteristics of the benign tumors that grow within the brain.
Over time, the tumors undergo sclerosis, meaning they calcify and grow hard.