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Syndrome, autoimmune polyglandular (APS)
A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism -- underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium…
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- Exhaustion, heat A warning that the body is getting too hot. The person may be thirsty, giddy, weak, uncoordinated, nauseous…
- Amebic dysentery Dysentery (inflammation of the intestine) with ulcers in the colon due to infection with an ameba (Entamoeba…
- Trisomy 18 syndrome There are three instead of the normal two chromosomes #18. Children with this condition have multiple…
- Pericardial sac A conical sac of fibrous tissue which surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. Also…
- AOM Acute otitis media, a middle ear infection of abrupt onset
- Therapy, electroshock See Electroconvulsive therapy
- PAPP-A Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
- Black lung disease A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and…
- Urogenital Relating to both the urinary system, and to the interior and exterior genitalia
- Werner-His disease Named for the German physician Heinrich Werner (who did not describe Werner's premature aging syndrome) and…
- Pappataci fever See: Sandfly fever