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Hydrocephalus, congenital
Hydrocephalus present at birth
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- Lymphoma, AIDS-related Lymphoid tumors that appear in people with AIDS, presumably due to immune- system impairment. Treatment is…
- Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) prevention In many cases, a person may have a transient ischemic attack (TIA), a neurological event with the symptoms of…
- Cerebrospinal fluid CSF. A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the…
- Spiral fracture A fracture, sometimes called a torsion fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. NTER>
- Complex partial seizure A form of partial seizure during which the person loses awareness. The patient does not actually become…
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, extrapulmonary. See also: Tuberculous meningitis
- APL Abbreviation for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency…
- Disorder, attention deficit (ADD) An inability to control behavior due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli. In November, 1998 the…
- Osteoarthropathy Any disease of the bones and joints. From osteo-, bone + -arthro-, joint, + pathy, disease
- Strep test, rapid A diagnostic test commonly used to demonstrate whether streptococcus bacteria ('strep') are present in the…
- Neuroendocrinology Having to do with the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system. In the human body…