Sensory loss covers many types of loss of sense that occur when the sensation process is disrupted, whether from ineffective receptors, nerve damage or cerebral impairment. Unlike agnosia, in which the perception process itself is intact, sensory loss involves damage that occurs before perception takes place.
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ICD-10 ChapterXVIII: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified 2 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Sensory loss
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Sensory loss covers many types of loss of sense that occur when the sensation process is disrupted, whether from ineffective receptors, nerve damage or cerebral impairment.
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
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