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299:, on Oxford Dictionaries
34:Not to be confused with
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403:Encephalitis lethargica
313:A Greek-English Lexicon
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134:trigeminal neuralgia
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583:Dyskinesia
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309:παροξυσμός
268:References
246:Convulsion
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179:paroxusmos
29:Paroxysmen
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615:Athetosis
547:Tauopathy
261:remission
221:transient
167:The word
110:disorders
106:pertussis
86:paroxysms
66:Neurology
61:Specialty
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1256:Category
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257:Relapse
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