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Meconium ileus
Obstruction of the intestine (ileus) due to overly thick meconium, the dark sticky stuff that is normally present in the intestine at birth and, after trypsin and other enzymes from the pancreas have acted on it, is normally passed in the…
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- Alternating hemiplegia syndrome See: Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- SMAD4/DPC4 See: MADH4
- Error, alpha The statistical error (said to be 'of the first kind' or type I) made in testing an hypothesis when it is…
- Epicanthal fold A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…
- Diabetic spinal cord disease Involvement of the spinal cord in diabetes. Most of the neurologic attention in diabetes mellitus has focused…
- Fear of vomiting An abnormal and persistent fear of vomiting. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Insufficiency, pancreatic See: Pancreatic insufficiency
- Syndrome, KID Acronym for the Keratitis- Ichthyosis-Deafness syndrome, a genetic disorder. See…
- Orphan disease A disease which has not been 'adopted' by the pharmaceutical industry because it provides little financial…
- Blood sugar, low The sugar here is glucose. Low blood glucose constitutes hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is only significant when…