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Purpura, anaphylactoid
See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
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- Hypergraphia The driving compulsion to write; the overwhelming urge to write. Hypergraphia may compel someone to keep a…
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- Oxyuris A group of intestinal worms that includes pinworm.
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