Relapse

Relapse is the reappearance of or increase in symptoms in a person with an illness or disease after a period of improvement.

Last Revised: August 19, 2010

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine & Miklos Ferenc Losonczy, MD, PhD - Psychiatry

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