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Paresis

"Paresis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A general term referring to a mild to moderate degree of muscular weakness, occasionally used as a synonym for PARALYSIS (severe or complete loss of motor function). In the older literature, paresis often referred specifically to paretic neurosyphilis (see NEUROSYPHILIS). "General paresis" and "general paralysis" may still carry that connotation. Bilateral lower extremity paresis is referred to as PARAPARESIS.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Paresis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Paresis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 13 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2012
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