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Acrodermatitis enteropathica
An historic model for the therapy of genetic disease. In an era (the 1950s) when inherited disorders were usually seen as hopeless, this progressive hereditary (autosomal recessive) disease of children was found treatable. Acrodermatitis…
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- Torsion fracture A fracture, also called a spiral fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. align=center>
- Wildervanck syndrome A syndrome characterized by the combination of congenital deafness, Duane syndrome (eye retraction), and…
- Headache, tension A headache caused by contracting of the muscles in the back of the neck, on the scalp, and sometimes in the…
- Human neutrophil peptide See: Defensin
- Bornholm disease Bornholm disease is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease features fever and…
- Bell 1. Bell's palsy.2. Bell, Charles
- Fournier's gangrene Gangrene: A horrendous infection of the genitalia that causes severe pain in the genital area (in the penis…
- Craniopharyngioma A type of benign brain tumor that emerges develops from embryonic tissue that forms part of the pituitary…
- Ileocolitis, Crohn Crohn disease involving both the ileum (the furthest part of the small intestine just before the colon) and…
- Von Recklinghausen disease Neurofibromatosis type 1