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21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
In a newborn girl with this disorder, the clitoris is enlarged, with the urethral opening at the base (ambiguous genitalia, often appearing more male than female). The internal structures of the reproductive tract (ovaries, uterus, and fallopian ... [... more]
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47 X-X-Y Syndrome
Humans have 46 chromosomes, which contain all of a person's genes and DNA. Two of these chromosomes, the sex chromosomes, determine a person's gender. Both of the sex chromosomes in females are called X chromosomes. (This is written as XX.) Males ... [... more]
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5P Minus Syndrome
Between 1 in 20,000 and 1 in 50,000 babies are affected. This disease may account for up to 1% of individuals with severe mental retardation. Infants with cri du chat syndrome commonly have a distinctive cat-like cry. They also have an extensive ... [... more]
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Glanzmanns Disease
Glanzmann's disease is a rare congenital disorder of blood platelets that causes easy bruising and nosebleeds . [... more]
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Gumma
A gumma is a soft, tumor-like growth of the tissues (granuloma) caused by syphilis . It appears during late stage, tertiary syphilis . It usually contains a mass of dead and swollen fiber-like tissue, and occurs most frequently in the liver but ... [... more]
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Adenocarcinoma Of Renal Cells
Renal cell carcinoma affects about 3 in 10,000 people, resulting in about 32,000 new cases in the US per year. Every year, about 12,000 people in the US die from renal cell carcinoma. It occurs is most common in people between 50 and 70 years of ... [... more]
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Coxa Plana
Legg-Calve-Perthes disease is when the ball of the thighbone in the hip doesn't get enough blood, causing the bone to die. The dead bone is weak, which causes the ball to collapse and flatten. Usually only one hip is affected, although it's ... [... more]
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Dopesickness
Opiates include heroin, morphine, codeine, Oxycontin, Dilaudid, methadone, and others. The reaction frequently includes sweating , shaking, headache, drug craving, nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramping, diarrhea, inability to sleep , confusion, ... [... more]
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Dawsons Encephalitis
SSPE tends to occur several years after an individual has measles (rubeola), even though the person seems to have fully recovered from the illness. Males are more often affected than females, and the disease generally occurs in children and ... [... more]
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Daytime Sleep Disorder
Narcolepsy may also be associated with cataplexy, a brief episode of severe loss of tone of various muscles. Generalized weakness may occur for a few moments during the transition between sleep and wake (sleep paralysis). Many people with ... [... more]
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Aspartoacylase Deficiency
Typically, symptoms begin in the first year of life. Parents tend to notice when a child is not reaching particular developmental milestones, including poor muscle tone and lack of head control. Eventually, the child can develop feeding problems, ... [... more]
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Herpetic Stomatitis
Herpetic stomatitis is a contagious viral illness caused by Herpes virus hominis (also herpes simplex virus, HSV) and is seen mainly in young children. This condition probably represents their first exposure to herpes virus and can result in a ... [... more]
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