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Protozoa and Protozoal Diseases | Wayne T. Cornblath, MD, Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan | "Protozoa (from the Latin words proto, meaning ‘‘first,'' and zoon, meaning ‘‘animal'') are acellular or unicellular organisms that are found all over the world in moist soil, fresh water, and oceans." |
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Introduction | Miller, Neil R; Newman, Nancy J; Biousse, Valerie; Kerrison, John B | Frontice material and introduction to Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology. |
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Cerebrovascular Disease | Valérie Biousse, MD Departments of Ophthalmology and Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine | "Cerebrovascular disease is the most commondevastatin g condition that affects the central nervous system (CNS)." |
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Degenerative and Metabolic Diseases in Adults | Parashkev Nachev, PhD, MRCP(UK), University College London; Christopher Kennard, PhD, FRCP, FMed Sci, University of Oxford | This chapter describes degenerative and metabolic diseases in adults. |
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Prions and Prion Diseases | Eric R. Eggenberger, DO, Mayo Clinic | "The prion (pronounced ‘‘pree-on'') diseases are clinically heterogeneous, progressive neurodegenerative disorders that share similar pathologic features, primarily spongiform degeneration of the brain (Figs. 53.1 and 53.2) and are caused by a transmissible agent with biologic properties unlike ... |
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Spirochetal Diseases | Lesser, Robert L | "Spirochetes are widely distributed in nature and often are found in aquatic environments, but they colonize humans. All spirochetal infections are characterized by skin or mucous membrane penetration followed by a spirochetemia that produces damage during several clinical stages (2)." |