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- Diabetic dermatology See: Diabetic skin disease
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- Amnesia, transient global See: Transient global amnesia.
- Pain, chest See: Chest pain
- Neck, chronic stiff Also called torticollis or spasmodic torticollis, this is the most common of the focal dystonias: a state of…
- Traumatic alopecia Hair loss caused by injury to the scalp. Traumatic alopecia is usually caused by grooming methods that…
- Y sex-determining region A region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. This region goes by the symbol SRY…
- Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def Cy: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality…
- Elizabeth Blackwell See: Blackwell, Elizabeth