Syndrome

Syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber (KTW): A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by the triad of asymmetric limb hypertrophy, hemangiomata, and nevi.
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Syndrome: A set of signs and symptoms that tend to occur together and which reflect the presence of a particular disease or an increased chance of developing a particular disease.
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Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion (SIADH)
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Alport Syndrome
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This syndrome causes the destruction, removal, or loss of the myelin sheath of a nerve. Myelin is the substance of the cell membrane that coils to form the myelin sheath. The myelin sheath serves as an electrical insulator to nerve fibers.
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Horner syndrome is an uncommon disorder caused by damage to sympathetic nerves to the face and eye. The sympathetic nerves control circulation and perspiration and are part of your autonomic nervous system.
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Rubella syndrome, or congenital rubella, is a group of physical abnormalities that have developed in an infant as a result of maternal infection and subsequent fetal infection with rubella virus.
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Premenstrual Syndrome PMS
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is one of the oldest and most common afflictions known to women and, secondarily, to men. "When my wife has PMS, she's not the only one who suffers! ...
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Goodpasture's syndrome is a rare disease that can affect the lungs and kidneys. It is an autoimmune disease, a condition in which the body's own defense system reacts against some part of the body itself.
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Fetal alcohol syndrome consists of the following abnormalities:
Intrauterine growth retardation: growth deficiency in the fetus and newborn in all parameters -- head circumference, weight, height ...
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Myelodysplastic syndrome, unclassifiable
Myelodysplastic syndrome associated with del(5q)
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A group of symptoms and diseases that together are characteristic of a specific condition. An example is Irritable Bowel Syndrome .
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The syndrome is more common among people who had polio during adolescence or adulthood (rather than during young childhood) and people who overcame symptoms that were initially severe.
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Down Syndrome
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congenital disorder characterized by mild to severe mental retardation, slow physical development, and characteristic physical features.
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Down syndrome occurs in about one in every 800-1,000 births. It affects an equal number of boys and girls. Less than 25% of Down syndrome cases occur due to an extra chromosome in the sperm cell.
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This syndrome may be more common in women than in men. The reason for the wiggle-word “may" is that women are more likely to go to their doctors when they have a new medical complaint.
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Reye's Syndrome
This rare but serious condition affects the brain and internal organs, especially the liver.
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Marfan syndrome
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Marfan syndrome is caused when there is a mistake in the gene that makes fibrillin. Fibrillin is needed to support most of the tissues that make up the body.
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ALDRICH SYNDROME - An sex-linked (x chromosome) genetic disorder occurring in male children that is characterized by thrombocytopenia, eczema, melena, and susceptibility to bacterial infections.
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Urethral Syndrome
What is urethral syndrome?
Urethral syndrome is the presence of symptoms of a urinary tract infection even though very few or no bacteria are found in the urine.
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Impingement Syndrome
What is Impingement Syndrome?
If you experience impingement syndrome in your shoulder, the bones and tissue in your upper arm are improperly aligned - narrowing the space between the acromion and the rotator cuff.
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Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) is now widely recognised as a medical condition that affects some women of childbearing age in many ways.
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Premenstrual syndrome (pree-MEN-strul SIN-drome)--also known as PMS--is a common group of symptoms that can happen about one or two weeks before a woman starts her period. These symptoms can affect the body and the way a woman acts and feels.
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Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
Over 150 years ago Dr. Ernst Von Feuchtersleben wrote, "The menses in sensitive women is almost always attended by mental uneasiness, irritability and sadness." PMS is not a new disease! ...
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Tarsal tunnel syndrome is most common in active adults, but it can also occur in children. The burning or tingling sensation it causes is a function of the compressed tibial nerve attempting to send signals between the foot and brain.
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Restless Legs Syndrome
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Gitnick, a gastroenterologist who has treated thousands of people with irritable bowel syndrome and other functional GI disorders, ...
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SYNDROME: A group of symptoms as reported by the patient and signs as detected in an examination that together are characteristic of a specific condition.
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This syndrome is often the result of repetitive strain injury. This article looks at the causes, treatment and surgical options.
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DOWN SYNDROME (Mongolism)
SYMPTOMS"Slow physical development, moderate to severe mental retardation, and facial features which are somewhat flattened.
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Down syndrome
A genetic disorder characterized by some degree of mental retardation and by various physical malformations, such as slanted eyes and a broad face.
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MEN1 syndrome
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 syndrome. A rare, inherited disorder that affects the endocrine glands and can cause tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and the pancreas.
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Young syndromeOccurs in men with bronchiectasis and is characterized by azoospermia due to epididymal obstruction. Now rarely seen, but was particularly prevalent in England and Australia between 1960 and 1980. Source: Hendry WF, A'Hern RP & Cole PJ.
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Alport syndrome is very similar to hereditary nephritis. There may be nerve deafness and congenital eye abnormalities associated with Alport syndrome. The cause is a mutation in a gene for collagen.
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Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic - A syndrome characterized by persistent or recurrent fatigue, diffuse musculoskeletal pain, sleep disturbances, and subjective cognitive impairment of 6 months duration or longer.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a condition that affects facial features, growth retardation, and central nervous system problems. It can occur if a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy....more
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pacchionian depressions; pacchionian glands; pacchionian granulations; Pacchioni, Antonio; pace; pacefollower; pacemaker; pacemaker, artificial; pacemaker failure; pacemaker output; pacemaker potential; pacemaker sensitivity; pacemaker syndrome; ...
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Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Lamellar ichthyosis
Lancefield group B streptococcus
Landouzy-Dejerine muscular dystrophy
Landry-Guillain-Barre syndrome
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) A viral disease that destroys the body's ability to fight infections, leaving the body susceptible to many other diseases. Acute A sudden onset of symptoms or disease.
Adenocarcinoma See Carcinoma.
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Defects in these pathways lead to genomic instability and cause several cancer syndromes.
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infectious dose and colonizes the large intestine where it causes attaching and effacing (AE) lesions and produces a potent toxin, Shiga toxin (Stx), which is responsible for the major symptoms of hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome.
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Related topics: Ammonia in the Freshwater Aquarium, New tank syndrome
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The most common chromosomal abnormality resulting in azospermia is Klinefelter‚s syndrome which occurs in 1 in 500 live births and results in the destruction of all germ cells and seminiferous tubules.
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Alpha fetoprotein: Substance produced by the fetus that is measured in the mother's blood to screen for increased risk for certain problems in the baby such as spina bifida or Down syndrome.
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These complications include infants of high birth weight, increased risk of cesarean delivery, infant respiratory distress syndrome, infant hypoglycemia following delivery, and infant jaundice.
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