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One-sided weakness is a clinical finding in which a person has difficulty moving one side of his body, often caused by a stroke.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

14 year experience in family medicine

Is a type of:

Neurologic problems

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Brain

Is Symptom of

Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Condition
Stroke
Condition
Mini stroke (transient ischemic attack; TIA)
Condition
Peripheral neuropathy
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Sturge weber syndrome
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