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- Arteritis, giant cell A chronic vascular disease, most often involving the carotid artery system, that can lead to blindness and/or…
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- Angioplasty Procedure with a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called…
- Gingivitis, acute membranous This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Lipodystrophy, cephalothoracic A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
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