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Syndrome, Shulman's (Eosinophilic fasciitis)
A disease which leads to inflammation and thickening of the skin and fascia. (The fascia is a lining tissue under the skin that covers a surface of underlying tissues.) When the fascia is inflamed, the condition is referred to as…
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Show more- MRDM Malnutrition-related diabetes mellitus. See: Tropical diabetes
- Jewish penicillin Chicken soup. If not really a form of penicillin,' chicken soup may, in fact, have some therapeutic merit. A…
- Dysphoria Anxiety
- Syndrome, stiff baby A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Minor anomaly An unusual anatomic feature that is of no serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. A minor…
- Pancreatic beta cell A type of cell in the pancreas that makes insulin. The pancreas is a fish-shaped organ that stretches across…
- Infection, middle ear Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…
- Cervix, incompetent A cervix that is abnormally liable to dilate and so is not competent to hold the fetus and keep it from being…
- West Nile fever Fever: A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the common Culex…
- Scoliosis, structural A fixed lateral (sideway) curve of the spine. Structural scoliosis often occurs from unknown factors without…
- FLAP A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation…
- Family, nuclear See: Nuclear family