Neurologic Diseases

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MEDLINEPLUS: <p>Neurologic diseases are disorders of the brain, spinal cord and nerves throughout your body. Together they control all the workings of the body. When something goes wrong with a part of your nervous system, you can have trouble moving, speaking, swallowing, breathing or learning. You can also have problems with your memory, senses or mood. </p><p>There are more than 600 neurologic diseases. Major types include</p><ul> <li> Diseases caused by faulty genes, such as <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/huntingtonsdisease.html'>Huntington's disease</a> and <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/musculardystrophy.html'>muscular dystrophy</a></li> <li> Problems with the way the nervous system develops, such as <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spinabifida.html'>spina bifida</a></li> <li> <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/degenerativenervediseases.html'>Degenerative diseases</a>, where nerve cells are damaged or die, such as <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/

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