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Rasmussen encephalitis
A rare progressive neurological disorder that is characterized by intractable seizures and progressive neurologic deterioration. To be more precise, there are frequent and severe seizures (convulsions), progressive loss of motor skills and…
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Show more- Myxoma A benign tumor composed of primitive connective tissue. The plural is myxomas or myxomata
- Fever therapy Fever therapy: Using abnormal elevations in body temperature as a tool to treat disease. This was done in the…
- Earache Pain in the ear. This can occur because of conditions within the ear itself, the ear canal, or the visible…
- Inversion, chromosome A chromosome segment is clipped out, turned upside down and reinserted back into the chromosome. A chromosome…
- Disease, rheumatic heart Heart damage caused by rheumatic fever. Treatment is by preventing reinfection with strep and by treating…
- Fatal familial insomnia Abbreviated FFI. An hereditary prion disease characterized by disrupted sleep (insomnia), motor abnormalities…
- Muscular dystrophy, congenital A form of muscular dystrophy that is present at birth. Various types of congenital MD have been identified…
- Rate, infant mortality The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year. The infant…
- Ossification The process of creating bone, that is of transforming cartilage (or fibrous tissue) into bone. The human…
- Syndrome, Menkes See: Menkes syndrome
- Thermally induced asthma Asthma: Asthma that is 'triggered' by vigorous physical activity. Exercise-induced asthma tends particularly…
- Bile duct cancer An uncommon type of cancer that arises from the bile duct, the tube that connects the liver and the…