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Juvenile intestinal polyposis
See: Juvenile polyposis
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- Dysphoria Anxiety
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- Abortion, therapeutic An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an artificial or induced abortion. As opposed to…
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- Neuralgia, ciliary A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…