See Also: scintillation camera(medicine)
Uhthoff(medicine)
Uhthoff syndrome(medicine)
Uhthoff symptom(medicine)
Uhthoff's sign(medicine)
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Scintillation(medicine)
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scintillation counting(medicine)
scintillation counter(medicine)

Uhthoff's sign (medicine) and scintillation camera (medicine)


Uhthoff's sign (medicine)


Uhthoff's sign -->
Uhthoff symptom


A transient temperature-dependent numbness, weakness, or loss of vision. Conduction stops in any nerve if the temperature gets too high. In a damaged nerve, e.g., by demyelinization, this shutdown temperature is lowered, and may approach normal body temperature. Transient neurological dysfunction may then appear with a hot shower, Exercise, or fever.

Synonym: Uhthoff syndrome.


scintillation camera (medicine)


scintillation camera -->
gamma camera


Any one of several scintigraphic cameras that records simultaneously counts from the entire operative field of view.

Synonym: scintillation camera.