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cerbral palsy (cp) motor function disorder as a result of permanent, nonprogressive brain defect or lesion cerebrovascular accident (CVA) ischemia of cerebral spinal tissue due to an occlusion from a thrombus or embolus or as a result of a cerebral hemmorrhage coma deep, prolonged unconsciousness from which patient cannot be arroused craniotomy incision in skull as a surgical approach to relieve intracranial pressure encephalitis inflamation of the brain epilepsy group of disorders characterized by some or all of the following; recurrent seizures, sensory disturbances, abnormal behavoir and or loss of conciousness hemiplegia paralysis of left or right side of body hydrocephalus condition of abnormal accumulation of fluid in ventricles of the brain lumbar puncture (LP) procedure to aspirate csf from lumbar subarachnoid space menigitis any infection of inflamation of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord migraine headache of vascular origin multiple sclerosis (MS) neurodegenerative disease characterized by destruction of the myelin sheaths on the cns neurons and their abnormal replacement by gradual accumulation of hardened paqued neurorrhaphy paraparesis paresthesia Parkinson disease (PD) polysomnography (PSG) quadriplegia sciatica shingles subdural hematoma syncope transcutaneous electrical nerver stimulation (TENS) transient ischemic attach (TIA) vertigo part 2