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Polyendocrinopathy syndrome, autoimmune
A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism -- underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium…
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- Colpo- A group of diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines that are used together with conventional medicine. An…
- Meningitis, tuberculous See: Tuberculous meningitis
- Muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral A form of muscular dystrophy that begins before age 20 with slowly progressive weakness of the muscles of the…
- American dog tick The tick most commonly responsible for transmitting R. rickettsii, the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever…
- Adduction Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body. The opposite of adduction is abduction. An adductor muscle…
- SSPE Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, a chronic brain disease of children and adolescents that occurs months…
- Carcinoma, hepatocellular A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called adult primary liver…
- Congenital arthrogryposis Nonprogressive congenital contractures that develop before birth and are evident at birth (congenital). The…
- Sensory neuron A neuron that receives electrical input signals from sensory cells and from other neurons
- Nonrandom Not by chance alone. Not in keeping with the process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for…
- Saccade Abrupt rapid small movements of both eyes, such as when the eyes scan a line of print. The saccades can be…