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Polycystic kidney disease, infantile
See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive
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- Neural foramen See: Intervertebral foramen
- Heart block A block in the conduction of the normal electrical impulses in the heart.
- Mononucleotide A single base pair. A trinucleotide (a triplet of base pairs) may be split into a dinucleotide and a…
- Myxoma A benign tumor composed of primitive connective tissue. The plural is myxomas or myxomata
- BNP B-type natriuretic peptide
- Syndrome, congenital rubella The constellation of abnormalities caused by infection with the rubella (German measles) virus before birth…
- Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary embolism: The obstruction of the pulmonary artery or a branch of it leading to the lungs by a blood…
- Practice, family The medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care for the individual and family…
- Nephrosis, lipoid See: Minimal change disease
- Foramen ovale An oval opening between the two upper chambers of the heart (the atria) that is a normal feature of the fetal…