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Cornelia de Lange syndrome
See: de Lange syndrome
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- Toxic goiter, diffuse Graves disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland), with…
- STL1 Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Collapsed lung Failure of full expansion of a once fully expanded lung. Medically called atelectasis. The word comes from…
- Theorem, Bayes See: Bayes theorem
- Cafe au lait spot A flat spot on the skin that is the color of coffee with milk (café au lait) in persons with light skin, or a…
- Gene pool The sum total of genes, with all their variations, possessed by a particular species at a particular time
- Estrogen-associated blood clots >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- NEI Stands for National Eye Institute, one of the US National Institutes of Health. NEI's mission is to 'conduct…
- Peritoneal Having to do with the peritoneum