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Sturge-Weber Syndrome : Complications

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Complications could include:
SWS is not a fatal disease. The prognosis for SWS depends on the specific neurological abnormalities present.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The prognosis for people with SWS is directly related to the amount of brain involvement for the leptomeningeal angiomas. For those individuals with smaller angiomas, prognosis is relatively good, especially if they do not have severe seizures or...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part II
The prognosis for people with SWS is directly related to the amount of brain involvement for the leptomeningeal angiomas. For those individuals with smaller angiomas, prognosis is relatively good, especially if they do not have severe seizures or...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders Part I
The prognosis for people with SWS is directly related to the amount of brain involvement for the leptomeningeal angiomas. For those individuals with smaller angiomas, prognosis is relatively good, especially if they do not have severe seizures or...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Blindness is a lack of vision. It may also refer to a loss of vision that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.Partial blindness means you have very limited vision.
Source:ADAM
Date:August 22, 2008
Visual impairment or low vision is a severe reduction in vision that can''t be corrected with standard glasses or contact lenses and reduces a person''s ability to function at certain or all tasks. Legal blindness(which is actually a severe visual i...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Alternating hemiplegia is a very rare condition characterized by recurrent episodes of temporary paralysis.Alternating hemiplegia usually begins affecting a child before the age of four. Bouts of recurrent, temporary paralysis may involve the arms...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
A developmental delay is any significant lag in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, in comparison with norms.Developmental delay refers to when a child''s development lags behind established normal ranges fo...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Any delay in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, due to any number of reasons.Developmental delay refers to any significant retardation in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social dev...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Problem behavior is often associated with adolescence but may manifest in the very young or in adults. Delinquency, drug use, academic failure, risky sexual behavior, violence, property damage, vandalism and disregard of the rights of others are all problem behaviors.
Source:Healthline
Date:November 30, 2007
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