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Southern tick-associated rash illness
A disease characterized by a rash like that in Lyme disease, recognized in the southeastern and south-central US, associated with the bite of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. The tick transmits the agent of the disease, a…
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- Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy Abbreviated DHRD. An eye disease also known as malattia leventinese. See: Malattia leventinese
- Progressive cardiomyopathic lentiginosis See: LEOPARD syndrome
- Hypochondriasm See: Hypochondriasis
- Carbohydrate intake, infant Carbohydrates (glucose, lactose, sucrose, galactose, etc.) are sugars or several sugars linked together…
- Ecogenetics The interaction of genetics with the environment. The genetic disease PKU (phenylketonuria) provides an…
- Wry neck Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In…
- Margaret Mead See: Mead, Margaret
- T-suppressor count A test that counts the number of T-suppressor (T-8) cells in the bloodstream. It appears that some T-8 cells…
- Antiretroviral An agent or process effective against a retrovirus. For example, a drug to treat HIV
- Daltonism Colorblindness of the red-green type (also known as deuteranopia or deuteranomaly). The term 'Daltonism' is…
- Acoustic aphasia See: Auditory aphasia