A general term referring to a mild to moderate degree of muscular weakness, occasionally used as a synonym for PARALYSIS (severe or complete loss of motor function). In the older literature, paresis often referred specifically to paretic neurosyphilis (see NEUROSYPHILIS). General paresis and general paralysis may still carry that connotation. Bilateral lower extremity paresis is referred to as PARAPARESIS.
    

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The treatment of muscular paresis by means of eccentric movements / by Rodolph Abercrombie.

Les affections parasyphilitiques / par Alfred Fournier.

Zimmerman's stimulating fluid, for rheumatism and palsy.

Simultaneous rupture of the choroid and paretic mydriasis without paresis of accommodation / by Alexander Duane.

Lip chorea and paresis of the external pterygoid muscles : commonly called 'stammering' / by Edward Blake.

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The treatment of muscular paresis by means of eccentric movements / by Rodolph Abercrombie.

Les affections parasyphilitiques / par Alfred Fournier.

Zimmerman's stimulating fluid, for rheumatism and palsy.

Simultaneous rupture of the choroid and paretic mydriasis without paresis of accommodation / by Alexander Duane.

Lip chorea and paresis of the external pterygoid muscles : commonly called 'stammering' / by Edward Blake.