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Cerebral calcification, nonarteriosclerotic
This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of calcium in certain of areas of the brain (including the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex). Symptoms may…
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- Gluten enteropathy A condition, also called celiac sprue, in which the absorption of food nutrients through the small intestine…
- Juxtapyloric The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtapyloric thus means…
- African sleeping sickness Also called African trypanosomiasis, a systemic disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei that is…
- Marshall-Smith syndrome A disorder characterized by advanced bone age at birth, broad forehead, prominent eyes, and small chin. There…
- XX gonadal dysgenesis with sensorineural deafness See Perrault syndrome
- Rhabdomyolysis A condition in which skeletal muscle cells break down, releasing myoglobin (the oxygen-carrying pigment in…
- Contrast sensitivity, visual The ability to perceive differences between an object and its background
- Malformation, arteriovenous An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a congenital disorder (one present at birth) of blood vessels in the…
- Granuloma A granuloma is one of a number of forms of localized nodular inflammation found in tissues. The fact that a…
- Herniated disc Herniated disc: Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center…