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Syndrome, renal, with hemorrhagic fever
A number of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and pain in the muscles, joints and abdomen with nausea and vomiting followed by bleeding into the…
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- NTD Neural tube defect, a major birth defect caused by abnormal development of the neural tube, the structure…
- Ichthyosis vulgaris A genetic skin disease that is characterized by scaly (fishlike) areas of skin. The first scaly skin problems…
- Meiotic nondisjunction Failure of two members of a chromosome pair to separate (disjoin) during meiosis so that both go to one…
- PMS (PreMenstrual Syndrome) See Premenstrual syndrome
- World Health Organization An agency of the United Nations established in 1948 to further international cooperation in improving health…
- MND Motor neuron disease
- Hypermagnesemia Excess magnesium. Persons with impaired kidney function should be especially careful about their magnesium…
- Eczema vaccinatum A common concern with smallpox vaccination involving the implantation of the vaccinia virus from the…
- Peritonitis, acute Sudden inflammation of the peritoneum, the membrane lining the inner wall of the abdomen and pelvis…
- Syndrome, Kartagener's The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the…
- Somnoplasty Somnoplasty: A surgical treatment to stop snoring. Somnoplasty uses heat energy to remove tissues of the soft…