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Disorder, specific developmental
A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of development. For example, dysgraphia is one type of specific developmental disorder. In dysgraphia there is inability to write legibly…
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- Ligature In surgery, a filament or thread used to tie something, such a blood vessel to prevent it from bleeding or…
- HAVS Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy
- Syndrome, Kostmann A condition with a lack of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting infection)…
- Syndrome, de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
- Fanconi anemia Anemia: A genetic disease that affects all of the bone marrow elements, is associated with a great diversity…
- Sydenham, Thomas (1624-1689) Great English physician who has been called the 'English Hippocrates' and the 'father of English…
- Iodine An essential element in the diet used by the thyroid gland to make thyroid hormones. The two most important…
- Cascade A sequence of successive activation reactions involving enzymes (enzyme cascade) or hormones (hormone…
- Air travel with diabetes A concern for patients with diabetes is flying with medications and supplies. Letters from doctors are not…
- Symmetric lipomatosis, multiple A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…