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Acrocephalosyndactyly
An inherited disorder causing abnormalities of the skull and face and the hands and feet. In acrocephalosyndactyly there is closure too-early of some of the sutures of the skull (craniosynostosis). This results in an abnormally shaped…
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- Male chromosome complement The large majority of males have a 46, XY chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including an X and a Y…
- Tuberculosis, dormant Tuberculosis, dormant: The presence of evidence for tuberculosis infection from a positive TB skin test in a…