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Nonstructural scoliosis
A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis involves a temporary change of spinal curvature. This is caused by an underlying condition such as a difference in leg length, muscle…
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- Fever, dengue hemorrhagic (DHF) A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Marburg disease The virus that causes Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease which affects both humans and non-human primates…
- Enucleation The surgical removal of an eye. Enucleation is only done under drastic circumstances such as to remove a…