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Wagner's syndrome
See: Stickler syndrome
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- Slapped cheek See: Fifth disease
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- Ecogenetics The interaction of genetics with the environment. The genetic disease PKU (phenylketonuria) provides an…
- Translocation, Robertsonian A relatively very common and medically significant type of chromosome rearrangement that is formed by fusion…
- Med-school syndrome See: Medical school syndrome
- Stress Stress: Forces from the outside world impinging on the individual. Stress is a normal part of life that can…
- Malattia leventinese An hereditary form of macular degeneration that results in progressive and irreversible visual loss. This…
- Phytanic acid storage disease See Refsum disease
- ACC Adenoid cystic carcinoma