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Weakness

  • muscle

  • Weakness
    Some Causes and Features of Muscle WeaknessTables

  • vs. fatigue

  • Fatigue: Evaluation

    Weakness, muscle

    Difficulty Moving: Weakness

  • in acute intermittent porphyria

  • Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Symptoms

  • age-related (sarcopenia)

  • Effects of Aging on the Musculoskeletal System

  • in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Diseases: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig disease)

  • in Bell palsy

  • Bell Palsy

  • in botulism

  • Botulism

  • in brachial plexus disorders

  • Plexus Disorders: Symptoms

  • in Brown-Séquard syndrome

  • Radiation Damage

  • in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease

  • Hereditary Neuropathies: Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease

  • in Guillain-Barré syndrome

  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome

  • in kidney failure

  • Chronic Kidney Failure: Symptoms

  • in muscular dystrophy

  • Duchenne and Becker Muscular Dystrophies

  • in myasthenia gravis

  • Myasthenia Gravis

  • in myotonic dystrophy

  • Other Forms of Muscular Dystrophy: Myotonic Myopathies

  • in periodic paralysis

  • Periodic Paralysis

  • in polymyositis

  • Polymyositis and Dermatomyositis: Polymyositis

  • in progressive supranuclear palsy

  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy

  • in respiratory failure

  • What Causes Respiratory Failure?Tables

  • in spinal muscular atrophy

  • Spinal Muscular Atrophies

  • testing of

  • Diagnosis of Musculoskeletal Disorders

  • in vitamin B12 deficiency

  • Vitamin B12: Symptoms

    Weaning, of infant

    Feeding of Newborns and Infants: Weaning

    Weber test

    Hearing Loss and Deafness: Testing

    Webs

  • esophageal

  • in children

  • Abdominal Pain in Newborns, Infants, and Young ChildrenTables

    Webs, esophageal

    Obstruction of the Esophagus: Esophageal Webs

    Wegener granulomatosis

    Some Disorders in Which Vasculitis Can OccurTables
    Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis

    Wegener's granulomatosis

    Acute Kidney Failure: Symptoms
    Inflammation of the Orbit: Causes

    Weight

  • achalasia and

  • Abnormal Propulsion of Food: Symptoms

  • of adolescent

  • Physical and Sexual Development
    Obesity in Adolescents

  • body composition and

  • Fat Versus Lean: Body CompositionSidebar

  • charts for

  • Who Is Overweight?Tables

  • children's charts for

  • Height and Weight Charts for Boys and GirlsFigures

  • gain of

  • see also Obesity
    Calories
    Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome

  • in infant

  • An Infant's First Year: Physical DevelopmentFigures
    Failure to Thrive

  • during pregnancy

  • Self-Care During Pregnancy: Diet and Weight

  • loss of

  • Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Treatment

  • aging and

  • Spotlight on AgingSidebar

  • in anorexia nervosa

  • Anorexia Nervosa
    Recognizing AnorexiaSidebar

  • in cancer

  • Symptoms of Cancer: Weight Loss and Fatigue

  • in coronary artery disease prevention

  • Coronary Artery Disease: Obesity

  • diets for

  • Diets: Weight Loss Diets

  • drugs for

  • Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Drugs

  • in high blood pressure

  • High Blood Pressure: Treatment

  • in HIV infection

  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV Infection: Symptoms

  • involuntary

  • Involuntary Weight Loss
    Involuntary Weight Loss: What the doctor doesTables

  • in polycystic ovary syndrome

  • Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Treatment

  • surgery for

  • Bariatric Surgery
    Bypassing Part of the Digestive TractFigures
    Banding the StomachFigures
    After Bariatric Surgery: When to Call the DoctorSidebar

  • in undernutrition

  • Undernutrition: Symptoms

  • metric equivalents for

  • Equivalents for Weight, Volume and LengthTables
    Equivalents for Height and WeightTables

  • of newborn

  • Physical Examination of the Newborn

  • of premature infant

  • Prematurity: Symptoms

  • pre-pregnancy

  • Risk Factors Present Before Pregnancy: Weight

  • in preventive care

  • Selected Screening Schedule for Adults*,†Tables

    Weight lifting

    Starting an Exercise Program: Strength training

    Weights and measures

    Weights and Measures

    Weil's syndrome

    Leptospirosis: Weil's Syndrome

    Well-child visits

    Preventive Health Care Visits for Infants
    Preventive Health Care Visits
    Preventive Health Care Visits

    Werdnig-Hoffmann disease

    Spinal Muscular Atrophies

    Werner's syndrome

    Disorders of Accelerated Aging: Werner's Syndrome

    Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

    Specific Types of Brain Dysfunction: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
    Thiamin: Brain abnormalities

    Wernicke's aphasia

    Specific Types of Brain Dysfunction: Wernicke's (Receptive) Aphasia
    Testing a Person With AphasiaSidebar

    Wernicke's encephalopathy

    Specific Types of Brain Dysfunction: Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
    Alcohol: Wernicke's Encephalopathy

    Western blot

    Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV Infection: Diagnosis

    Western equine encephalitis

    Encephalitis: Epidemic Encephalitis

    West Nile encephalitis

    Encephalitis: Epidemic Encephalitis

    Wet-lung syndrome

    Transient Tachypnea

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