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Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIIC
See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type
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- Fasciolopsiasis Infection with Fasciola flukes such as Fasciolopsis buski. See: Fasciolopsis
- Lymphoma, AIDS-related Lymphoid tumors that appear in people with AIDS, presumably due to immune- system impairment. Treatment is…
- Autologous blood donation Giving blood to yourself. For example, patients scheduled for non-emergency surgery may be eligible to donate…
- Trisomy 13 syndrome Condition with three rather than the normal two chromosomes #13. Children born with this syndrome have…
- ACL injury See: Anterior cruciate injury
- Palsy, laryngeal nerve Paralysis of the larynx (voice box) caused by damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve or its parent nerve…
- Medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Scheuermann's disease A species of trematode worm that parasitizes humans and causes urinary tract disease. See Schistosomiasis.
- Sequence, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Virus, positive-strand RNA See: Positive-strand RNA virus