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Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome
Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome is a kidney condition associated with long-standing diabetes. It affects the network of tiny blood vessels (the microvasculature) in the glomerulus, a key structure in the…
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- GI tract Short for gastrointestinal tract. See: Gastrointestinal tract
- Multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis: Abbreviated MS. A disease of the central nervous system (CNS) marked by numbness…
- Hereditary ALS See: Familial ALS
- Mortality rate, infant The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year. The infant…
- Beau lines See: Beau's lines
- Brain anthrax Anthrax infection of the central nervous system (the spinal cord and brain) and meninges (the membranes…
- Regress To return or go back, particularly to return to a pattern of behavior or level of skill characteristic of a…
- ALMS1 A gene on chromosome 2p13. Alstrom syndrome is caused by mutation of ALMS1
- Self, fear of An irrational fear of oneself, an intense self-fear that is groundless. Fear of oneself is termed…
- Burkitt's lymphoma See: Burkitt lymphoma