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Alice in Wonderland syndrome
A syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome has a feeling that their entire body or parts of it have been altered in shape and size. The syndrome is usually associated with visual…
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- Fever, scarlet Also called scarlatina, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a…
- RNA silencing See: RNA inactivation; and RNA interference
- ALS8 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8
- CHEK2 A gene on chromosome 22q that encodes a kinase enzyme and influences a person's susceptibility to breast…
- Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome is a kidney condition associated with…
- MODY Maturity onset diabetes of the young
- Formula feeding Feeding an infant or toddler prepared formula rather than breast-feeding, or in addition to breast-feeding…
- Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher See: Polycystic ovarian syndrome.
- Start, sleep See: Hypnic jerk
- Pacing, diaphragm See: Diaphragm pacing
- Left atrium The upper right chamber of the heart. The left atrium receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and pumps it…