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Dermatophytic onychomycosis
Ringworm of the nail, the most common fungus infection of the nails (onychomycosis). Onychomycosis makes the nails look white and opaque, thickened, and brittle. Older women (perhaps because estrogen deficiency may increase the risk of…
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- X-ray 1. High-energy radiation with waves shorter than those of visible light. X-rays possess the properties of…
- Paralysis, infantile (polio) Infantile paralysis is an old synonym for poliomyelitis, an acute and sometimes devastating viral disease…
- Stroke, silent Small strokes that do not cause any symptoms. Silent strokes still damage brain tissue. The most common…
- PCT The abbreviation 'PCT' stands for a number of things including porphyria cutanea tarda, literally, the late…
- FGD1 The faciodigitogenital dysplasia gene. FGD1 normally plays an essential role in embryonic development…
- Stickler syndrome A relatively common genetic disorder characterized by very flexible (hyperextensible) joints, typical facial…
- Blood clot Blood that has been converted from a liquid to a solid state. Also called a thrombus. The process by which a…
- MCTD Abbreviation standing for Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, an overlapping mixture of three diseases of…
- Diabetes, juvenile See Diabetes, type 1
- Childhood ataxia with CNS hypomyelinization Ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelinization: An inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in…
- Blood dyscrasia Blood disease