The condition, which has a genetic component, appeared in two other members of the Dickinson family.
The man's daughter said he had stopped taking medication to assist his condition, which has worsened.
The condition, which has been described in literature for centuries but only recently studied scientifically, takes many forms.
His main weakness is his poor financial condition, which has given the state, through Gazprom, leverage over him as he tries to keep control of his business.
He said he would have declined, anyway, because of his hip condition, which has improved steadily over the last two and a half weeks.
He asked for a five-year sentence, the minimum allowed, saying that Mr. Ouanes has a heart condition, which has worsened.
My disability is invisible; you wouldn't be able to tell from looking at me that I have a condition which has a profound and long-term impact on my life.
Lawyers for the victims told the royal commission into institutional responses into child sexual abuse that Pell's medical condition, which has been revealed to them but not made public, were "very common" to anyone of the Cardinal's age, 74.
The work, he said, keeps him focused on fun and helps him deal with the barriers he faces as a result of his condition, which has afflicted him since birth.
Government officials fear that koi herpes virus, or KHV, an incurable condition which has wreaked havoc in the global ornamental fish trade, has invaded angling lakes and could pose problems for the carp business.
Smith offers many explanations for his condition, which has driven him to "as many shrinks as Henry VIII had wives," but the most emotionally resonant is a bewildering sexual experience in his teens.
