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Aarskog syndrome
See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
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- Paronychia Inflammation of the folds of tissue surrounding the nail due to infection. The infection may be bacterial…
- Sick sinus syndrome Symptoms of dizziness, confusion, fainting, and heart failure due to a problem with the sinus node of the…
- Diabetes Diabetes: Refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus and diabetes…
- Cruciate ligament, posterior The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Postural Pertaining to the posture or position of the body, the attitude or carriage of the body as a whole, or the…
- Disease, Still See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Ectopic pregnancy Ectopic pregnancy: A pregnancy that is not in the uterus. The fertilized egg settles and grows in any…
- Dysphonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia.
- Adenomyosis Pronounced a-den-o- mi-o-sis, this is a common benign condition of the uterus in which the endometrium (the…
- Local therapy Treatment that affects only a tumor and the area close to it.
- Seizure, salaam See: Infantile spasms