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nodding disease

medical condition
Class type of: disease Q895930

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
rare disease
Country
South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda[2][3][4]
Subclass of
disease[6]
Afflicts
human[8]
Has cause
parasitic infectious diseases, autoimmune disease[9][10]
Health specialty
neurology, infectious disease[11][12]
Location of discovery
Sudan[5]
Time of discovery or invention
1962[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en nodding disease en Nodding syndrome ar متلازمة الإيماء بالرأس cs Kývavá nemoc de Nickkrankheit es Sindrome de asentir con la cabeza es Síndrome de asentir con la cabeza es Sindrome del cabeceo es síndrome del cabeceo fa بیماری سرجنباندن fr syndrome du hochement de tête ja 頷き病 nl knikkebolziekte pt Síndrome de Nodding pt síndrome do cabeceio ro Boala clătinării din cap ru Кивательная болезнь ru Кивательный синдром uk Кивальний синдром
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Freebase ID
/m/0271q6q
GARD rare disease ID
12133
ICD-10 ID
R25.0
KBpedia ID
NoddingDisease
MeSH descriptor ID
D064128
MeSH tree code
C10.228.140.490.375.525
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2778412115
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1309619
UMLS CUI
C3658353
WikiProjectMed ID
Nodding disease

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🔗 Connections
Country 3
Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan
Has cause 2
autoimmune disease, parasitic infectious diseases
Health specialty 2
infectious disease, neurology
Afflicts 1
human
Instance of 1
rare disease
Location of discovery 1
Sudan
Subclass of 1
disease
← Has effect 1
autoimmune disease
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Summary

nodding disease is a rare disease[1].

Related Entities

disease infectious disease neurology South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Uganda

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  1. [2] ↑ . irinnews.org. Retrieved . irinnews.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . irinnews.org. Retrieved . irinnews.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . irinnews.org. Retrieved . irinnews.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . African outbreak stumps experts. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . African outbreak stumps experts. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . African outbreak stumps experts. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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