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Cataract with poikiloderma atrophicans
Also known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive degeneration (atrophy), scarring and abnormal pigmentation of the skin together with stunting of growth, baldness, cataracts, depressed…
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Show more- Tumor, Wilms See: Wilms tumor
- Deletion Loss of a segment of DNA from a chromosome (and hence from the genome). The first human chromosome deletion…
- Plumbism Another name for lead poisoning.
- Belt, seat A belt used to hold an individual in their seat. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for…
- Model end stage liver disease See: MELD
- Peliosis hepatis A rare condition in which the liver contains multiple, randomly-distributed blood-filled spaces or cavities…
- Reticulocytosis An elevation in the number of reticulocytes (young red blood cells) in blood, a sign of unusually rapid red…
- Syndrome, dengue shock A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Flu, Asian See: Asian flu
- Memory, working Short-term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information…
- Xanax See: Alprazolam
- Schizoid Having symptoms similar to those of schizophrenia. See schizophrenia