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Mediterranean anemia
Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this important type of anemia was first described in 1925 by the pediatrician Thomas Benton Cooley. The name thalassemia was coined by…
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- CPEO with ragged-red fibers See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Vein, small saphenous The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Litmus A pigment used as a test for acidity and alkalinity. Litmus paper turns red in acid and blue in an alkaline…
- Cancer, colon A malignancy that arises from the inner lining of the colon. Most, if not all, of these cancers develop from…
- Travel medicine Travel medicine: A branch of medicine that specializes in diseases and conditions that are acquired during…
- Infertility, Y chromosome See: Y chromosome infertility
- Angioid streaks Tiny breaks in the elastin-filled tissue in the back of the eye (retinae). These abnormalities are visible to…
- Discharge, nipple See: Breast discharge
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- Congenital anemia and triphalangeal thumbs See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- Ants, velvet Ommon in most parts of the world including the Southern and Southwestern U.S., velvet ants are not true ants…