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• Dizziness
  • Brief Note about Dizziness from Inner Ear Disorders - Loyola U, Chicago (US)
  • Dizziness Home Page [CW Hart] - (US)
  • About Dizziness, Ataxia and Hearing Disorders and on Evaluation of the Dizzy Patient [TC Hain] - NorthWestern Univ (US)
  • About Dizziness and Vertigo [M Grossman]
  • Dizziness and syncope in the elderly: a cardiological perspective [A Tonkin] - HeartFoundation (AU)
  • Coping with Dizziness
  • Qs & As about Dizziness - The Dizziness & Balance C., Wilmette (US)
  • About Dizziness and Vertigo - Johns Hopkins Univ., School of Medicine (US)
  • Dizziness/Vertigo Links
  • Syncope and the Heart - Medtronic, Inc.
• Vertigo
  • What Is Causing My Vertigo? - Dr Dean responds
  • Benign Positional Vertigo - emedicine
  • Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo [TC Hain] - NorthWestern Univ (US)
  • About Dizziness and Vertigo - Johns Hopkins Univ., School of Medicine (US)
  • Vertigo, Dizziness and Hearing Disorders [BT Troost]
  • Vertigo in vertebrovascular insufficiency - Johns Hopkins Univ., School of Medicine (US)
  • A Case of Vertigo - Froedtert Hospital (US)
• Unconsciousness
  • Fainting: What causes it? - Am. Family Physician/The Virtual Hospital (US)
  • Clinical Aspects of Coma - The Virtual Hospital (US)
  • About Coma & Persistent Vegetative State [Fact Sheet] - NINDS (US)
  • Coma Recovery Association, Inc.
  • For Those Waiting While Someone Is In A Coma
  • About Syncope - The Virtual Hospital (US)
  • About Vasodepressor Syncope - Dental Digest
  • On the Reticular System and Consciousness [R Carlsen; course notes] - UC/Davis
  • Neurally Mediated Hypotension [Rowe et al]
• Narcolepsy
  • YAWN - Young Americans with Narcolepsy
  • Narcolepsy Research - Stanford (US)
  • Narcolepsy and Cataplexy: Genetics - OMIM
  • Kleine-Levin Syndrome [Maier family]
• Seizures
  • Seizures - GMO/Virtual Naval Hospital (US)
  • Seizure Disorders in Childhood - LUMEN/Loyola Univ. (US)
  • Seizures and Epilepsy [JA Whitlock, Jr]
  • About Febrile Seizures - Vineland Pediatrics (US)
  • Management & Treatment of Febrile Seizures [MR Nieves] - Pediatric Bulletin
  • About Febrile Seizures [A. Gandy] - PedBase
  • See also under Fever [links] - KIB (SE)
• Pain
  • Roxane Pain Institute - (US)
  • Pain Net - (US)
  • Novel Treatment "Knocks Out" Persistant Pain [Oct '97] - NINDS (US)
  • Int'l Association for the Study of Pain - (US)
  • American Academy of Pain Management
  • American Pain Society
  • American Society for Action on Pain - via Schaffer Library (US)
  • Management of Pain, and Acute Pain Management, including Local Anaesthetic Blocks [J Rushmer] - GasBone (AU)
  • Medical Pain Education - (AU)
  • Wisconsin Cancer Pain Initiative - (US)
  • Pain.Com - Worldwide Congress on Pain
  • InfoMin (on chronic pain conditions)
  • CR Chapman's Pain Page - (US)
  • About Sex Differences in Pain [KJ Berkley, draft] - (UK)
  • Managing Cancer Pain, Index - TALARIA (US)
  • Cancer Pain Relief for Patients & Families - U of Iowa (US)
  • Pain Medications - Washington U., St Louis, MO (US)
  • A Guide to Nonprescription Pain Relievers [R. Papazian] - FDA '95 (US)
  • About Aspirin (Acetylsalicylic acid) - RXList, and some more info from Bayer
  • About Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) - Paracetamol Inf C, and about possible Adverse Reactions - Infomed Drug Guide
  • Acetaminophen and Liver damage - ER Watch
  • Brief Note about Nocistatin and Nociceptin
  • About Morphine Sulphate (oral) - RXList (US)
  • Pediatric Pain - Dalhousie Univ (CA)
  • On Back Pain in Children - University of Iowa (US)
  • Understanding Acute Low Back Problems - University of Iowa (US)
  • About Low Back Pain and some Questions & Answers - OrthoSpine, N.Y.
  • Orofacial Pain: An Overview of Diagnosis & Management [SB Graff-Radford]
  • Managing Acute Low Back Pain - ICES (CA)
  • Rebuttal to the AHCPR Guidelines for Managing Low Back Pain [Dreyer & Dreyfuss] - ISIS (US)
  • Internet Resources about Pain & Health - Mayday U. Peninsula Pain Project (US)
  • Headache
    • American Council for Headache Education
    • There are Many Kinds of Headaches .. [U Oswald]
    • About Headaches - N Engl C for Headache, Stamford (US)
    • US National Headache Foundation
    • Headache,... - excluding Migraine [B Todd Troost]
    • FAQs About Headaches - MHNI (US)
    • The World Cervicogenic Headache Society
    • The Electronic Headache Support Group at Michigan Headache Treatment Network
    • Headache Clinic - San Francisco (US).
    • Post-Lumbar Puncture Headache [W. Fearon] - CPMCnet (US)
    • Cephalalgia [journal in headache research] - SCUP (NO)
• Fasciculation
  • Isaacs' Syndrome - Baylor College Med (US)
• Anosmia
  • A discussion about Anosmia - AADMC (US)
• Phantom Limb
  • Phantom Limb Home Page - MacAlester U. (US)
  • The Phantoms - The Amputee Website (CA)
• Aphasia
  • What is Aphasia? - NIDCD (US)
  • On Adult Aphasia - NJSHA (US)
  • US Nat'l Aphasia Association
  • Aphasia [ST Gliesche]
  • AAC & Aphasia: Treatment, Technology, and Language [Proceedings] - Minspeak Conf. 1995
  • Primary Progressive Aphasia Newsletter - NorthWestern U (US)
  • The Aphasia Hope Foundation
  • About Primary Progressive Aphasia - CANDID (UK)
• Tremor
  • Int' Tremor Foundation
  • About Essential Tremor - Parkinson's Institute, CA (US)
  • About Tremor and Activa Tremor Control Therapy [commercial site] - Medtronic, Inc.
• Restless Legs
  • The Restless Legs Syndrome Support Group - Ohio (US)
  • About Restless Legs Syndrome/Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep - Pacific Sleep Med. Serv. (US)
  • Restless Legs Syndrome [Fact Sheet] - NINDS (US)
  • Forum für Diagnostik & Therapie des Restless Legs Syndrome - München (DE)
  • Restless Legs - WeMove
  • Restless Legs - (AU)
  • On Leg Cramps and Restless Legs - Seniors Site
  • restless leg syndrome
• Apraxia
  • The Dyspraxia Foundation - (UK)
  • The Dyspraxia Association - (IE)
  • Clumsy Child Syndrome (Dyspraxia) - ParentsPlace
• Movement Disorders
  Worldwide Education & Awareness for Movement Disorders - Mt Sinai Med C. (US)
  NYU Center for the Study of Movement Disorders - (US)
  Botulinum Toxin: A Deadly Poison Sheds Its Negative Image - Ann Int Med Oct '96, ACP
  Botulinum Toxin Injections for Muscle Spasms [patientinfo] - Am Fam Physicians
  
  • Dystonia
    • Dystonia Dialogue - Dystonia Foundation (US)
    • About Dystonias - Nat'l Foundation for Brain Research (US)
    • Dystonias Fact Sheet - Nat'l Inst. of Neurological Research (US)
    • Dystonia Information [TA Howell] - TX (US)
    • Jen & Kramer's Page (including information about Tardive Dystonia) - (US)
    • Dystonia - WeMove
    • About Spasmodic Torticollis (Cervical Dystonia) - Mayo Health Oasis (US)
    • Nat'l Spasmodic Torticollis Association - (US).
    • About Spasmodic Torticollis Treatments - Dystonia Foundation (US)
• Hemiplegia
  • Comparison of Left and Right Hemiplegia - Freedom Wheelchair Lifts, Inc.
• Paralysis
  • Cranial Nerve Diagrams - U. of Wisconsin
  • American Paralysis Association
  • Bell's Palsy Home Page [Annette ?]
  • Bell's Palsy Network
  • Bell's Palsy: An Update on Idiopathic Facial Paralysis [JS Billue]
  • About Bell's Palsy - e-medicine
  • Bell's Palsy discussions - NeuroWeb Forum, MGH
  • About Bell's Palsy - University Health Services, Chicago (US).
  • About Bell's Palsy [A. Gandy] - PedBase
  • Facial Nerve Palsy (Bell's Palsy) - EMBBS
  • Facial Nerve Problems and Bell's Palsy - Medicinenet (US)
  • Facial Paralysis [KD Sweeney] - Dr Quinn's Textbook (US)
  • On Facial Nerve (VII) Paralysis - Neurobiology of Disease (US)
  • Facial Paralysis - Baylor College (US)
  • Moebius Syndrome Foundation - (US)
  • Moebius Syndrome Support Group Homepage - (UK)
  • Moebius Syndrome discussions - NeuroWeb Forum, MGH
  • Cure Paralysis Now
  • The Spinal Cord Injury Web - (US)
  • Brain & Spinal Chord Injury Links
  • Virtual Paraplegia - (US)
  • A Case of Paraplegia - U of Iowa (US)
  • Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia/Familial Spastic Paraperesis [C Stapley]
  • Reesa's story (Quadriplegia) - (US)
  • About Brown Sequard Syndrome - Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics
  • Erb's Palsy (not a MeSH term)
    • About the Brachial Plexus Injury - North Dakota (US)
    • The Brachial Plexus Palsy Foundation - (US)
    • Brachial Plexus Injury/Erb's Palsy - TMC (US)
    • Brachial Plexus/Erb's Palsy Information - (US)
    • Erb's Palsy Information & Resource Group - (US)

• About Tingling in Fingers - Dr. Hendrick's Medical Notes, Blacksburg Electronic Village (US)
  Cranial Nerve Review - Univ. of Wisconsin (US)
  About Cumulative Trauma Disorders - MMG (US)
  Histology of Peripheral Nervous Tissue - Vanderbilt University (US)
  

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• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • About Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Univ. of Chicago (US)
  • A Patient's Guide to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - Medical MultiMedia Group (US)
  • Typing Injury FAQ [D. Wallach]
  • Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery (ECTR) - C for Orthopaedic & Sports Med., GA (US)
• Nerve Compression Syndromes
  • Meralgia Paresthetica [K MacEwan]
  • Meralgia Paresthetica Discussions - NeuroWebForum, MGH (US)
  • About Guyon's Canal and Cubital Tunnel Syndrome [MR Patel] - (US)
• Sciatica
  • The Sciatica Nerves [picture]
  • About Herniated Disc - HealthWise (US)
  • Sciatica - Postgraduate Medicine
  • Are Epidural Steroid Injections Useful in Sciatica? [Carette et al]
• Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • About Thoracic Outlet Syndrome [R Sechrest] - MMG
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Fact Sheet - Nat'l Inst. of Neurological Research (US)
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - Gilmer Med C.
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome Discussions - NeuroWebForum, MGH (US)
• Diabetic Neuropathy
  • Diabetic Neuropathy - Mediconsult
  • Diabetic Neuropathy: The Nerve Damage of Diabetes - NIDDK
  • Diabetic Neuropathy - Diabetes Monitor Feb '97
  • Standardized Measures in Diabetic Neuropathy - Am. Diabetes Association
  • The US Neuropathy Association
• Polyneuropathy (not a MeSH term)
  • Brief note about Peripheral Polyneuropathy and Chronic Inflammatory Polyneuropathy - Adam.com
  • Physician Info About Acute Immune Polyneuropathies and Polyneuropathy Differential Diagnosis - Washington U., St Louis (US)
  • (Poly)Neuropathies from the expert electromyographer [Falck et al] - (FI)
  • Peripheral Neuropathy Discussions - NeuroWebForum, MGH (US)
  • Peripheral Neuropathy Trust - (UK)
  • The Evaluation of polyneuropathy - NeuroLand
  • The US Neuropathy Association
  • Inflammatory Neuropathy Support Group of Victoria Inc. (AU)
• Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
  • Re: CIDP
  • About Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy, CIDP - AARDA (US)
  • The Inflammatory Neuropathy Support Group of Victoria, Inc. - (AU)
  • Intravenous Immune Globulin Therapy for Neurologic Diseases - Annals of Int Med, May '97
• Refsum Disease
  • A mini factsheet about Refsum Disease - NINDS/NIH (US)
  • Infantile Refsum Disease Information [Stephens and Harris] - (US)
  • Refsum Disease Information [DEE ?] - (AU)
  • About Refsum Disease - OMIM (US)
• Polyradiculoneuritis
  • About Guillain-Barré Syndrome [J. Steinhilber] - (US)
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome Fact Sheet - Nat'l Inst. of Neurological Research (US)
  • Development of Guillain-Barre Syndrome following Campylobacter Infection - NIAID Workshop '96
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome Discussions - NeuroWebForum, MGH (US)
  • Int'l Foundation for Guillain-Barre' Syndrome
  • Guillain-Barre' Syndrome [CE Reis] - MedStudents (BR)
  • The Guillain-Barre' Syndrome Support Group of the (UK)
• Familial Dysautonomia
  • Familial Dysautonomia Teatment and Evaluation Center - N.Y. (US)
• Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
  • The US Nat'l Dysautonomia Research Foundation
• Neuralgia
  What is Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia? - Mayo Clinic
  Neuralgia Discussions - NeuroWebForum, MGH (US)
  Postherpetic Neuralgia - U of Wisconsin (US)
  Parsonage-Turner Syndrome - Erb's Palsy Inf & Resource Group
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia [D Creps]
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia - Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia Fact Sheet - Nat'l Inst. of Neurological Research (US)
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia - Trust Me (- I'm a Doctor) (UK)
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia [B Todd Troost]
    • Trigeminal Neuralgia (Tic Douloureux) [BD Dorweiler]
    • Hyperactive Disorders of the Cranial Nerves [TJ Lovely] - Neurosurgical Update '97
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
  • The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Network
  • Australian Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Support Group
  • About RSD - Fighting Back - Pennsylvania Support Group
  • Are You Suffering from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy?
  • Canadian Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Network
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Coalition - (US)
  • Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Sudek's Atrophy), radiologic image [M Tobin]
  • Q&As about Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy - HealthLine (CA)
• Shy-Drager Syndrome
  • About Shy-Drager Syndrome [J. Jankovic] - (US)
  • Neuromuscular Diseases - MDA (US)
    About some Neuromuscular Diseases - Wake Forest Univ.
    Fact Sheets about various Neuromuscular Disorders - Musc Dystrophy Group of (UK)+ N. Ireland
    The Neuromuscular Disease Database [scroll down a bit] - UC/Davis (US)
    Brief info about Certain Neuromuscular Diseases - WorldOrtho
    Neuromuscular Disease Center, and Neuromuscular & Central Nervous System Syndromes - Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis (US)
    Diagnostic Criteria for Neuromuscular Disorders - European Neuromuscular C.
    Neuromuscular Disease Genes and Their Proteins - PPRC
    Important reminder about Anaesthetics and People with Neuromuscular Disorders [Halsall & Ellis]
    

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  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
    • What is ALS? - Family Caregiver Alliance
    • The ALS Association including an ALS Overview
    • The ALS Information & Resources - Doctor's Guide
    • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Revised Criteria for the Diagnosis of ALS, 1998 - World Federation of Neurology
    • Beat A.L.S. [D. Jacobson] - (US).
    • ALS Survival Guide [DE Eshleman]
    • The ALS Reporter - Tapa Comm. (US).
    • ALS Advocacy - Andover, MN (US).
    • Greater Philadelphia Chapter of ALS - (US).
    • Primary Lateral Sclerosis [F Reyerse]
    • Pam's story about her Primary Lateral Sclerosis (PLS) [see item 10] - ALS Digest #455 (UK)
    • About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Juvenile - OMIM, NCBI (US).
    • Otolaryngology Aspects of ALS [T. Callender] - Baylor College of Medicine (US).
    • ALS, Anti Oxidants & Other Medications [S Shackdel] - (AU).
  • Motor Neuron Disease
    • About the Motor Neuron Diseases - MDA (AU).
    • Motor Neuron Awareness [S Killeen] - (IE).
    • Motor Neuron Disease Association - (UK).
    • Motor Neuron Disease and Animal Models - WUSTL (US).
  • Myasthenia Gravis
    • Myasthenia Gravis: Description, Disorder and Autoimmune Involvement [Abboud et al] -Macalester Coll. (US)
    • Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America
    • Myasthenia Gravis Links [S Way?]
    • On Myasthenic Syndromes, Differential Diagnosis, and Association with Other Disorders - Neurobiology of Disease/W.U.-STL (US)
    • Congenital Myasthenia Gravis [A Peake]
    • The Myasthenia Gravis Assoc. - (UK)
  • Paralysis, Periodic (not a MeSH term)
    • The Periodic Paralysis Resource Center - Riverside, CA (US)
    • About Periodic Paralyses - Muscular Dystrophy Group of (UK) and N. Ireland
    • Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis - HealthAnswers/AMI
    • Non-Dystrophic Myotonias and Periodic Paralyses - European Neuromuscular C.
    • Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis Discussion [LISTSERV password reqd; no charge] - St Johns UnivEuropean Neuromuscular C.
    • Familial periodic paralysis - HealthAnswers/AMI
    • About Familial Periodic Paralysis - OMIM/NIH
    • About Thyrotoxic/Hashitoxic Periodic Paralysis - OMIM/NIH
    • About Periodic Paralysis I (Hypokalemic, HOKPP), Periodic Paralysis II (Hyperkalemic, HYPP) and Periodic Paralysis III (Normokalemic) - OMIM/NIH
  • Nemaline Myopathy
    • About Central Core Disease [scroll down a little bit] - MDA (US)
    • Nemaline Rod Myopathy - PedBase
    • Central Core Myopathy [Nicolaides & Appleton] - MD Group (UK)
    • Central Core Disease of Muscle - OMIM
    • Clinical pattern info on Central Core Disease +/- Malignant Hyperthermia, and a couple of Pathology Images - WUSTL
    • Nemline Rods images - WUSTL
    • Malignant Hyperthermia - MedStudents (BR)
  • Stiff-Man syndrome
    • About Stiff-Person Syndrome - NINDS (US)
    • Stiffman Syndrome Foundation [Geilman family] - (US)

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