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Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) is a form of ventricular hypertrophy affecting the right ventricle.Blood travels through the right ventricle to the lungs via the pulmonary arteries. If conditions occur which […]

Stargardt disease or fundus flavimaculatus is an inherited form of juvenile macular degeneration that causes progressive vision loss usually to the point of legal blindness. The progression usually starts between […]

Folate deficiency is a low level of folic acid in the body. Folic acid is vitamin B9 one of the B group vitamins. Adequate folate should be present in a […]

Tinea manuum (or tinea manus) is a fungal infection of the hand. It is typically more aggressive than tinea pedis but similar in look. Itching burning cracking and scaling are […]

Nail–patella syndrome (NPS) (also known as HOOD syndrome) is a genetic disorder that results in small poorly developed nails and kneecaps but can also affect many other areas of the […]

Hereditary Pancreatitis (HP) is an inflammation of the pancreas attributed to genetic causes. It was first described in 1952 by Comfort and Steinberg but it was not until 1996 that […]

A milk allergy is a food allergy an adverse immune reaction to one or more of the constituents of milk from any animal (most commonly alpha S1-casein a protein in […]

Sialadenitis (sialoadenitis) is inflammation of a salivary gland. It may be subdivided temporally into acute chronic and recurrent forms.

Acromicric dysplasia is an extremely rare inherited disorder characterized by abnormally short hands and feet growth retardation and delayed bone maturation leading to short stature and mild facial abnormalities. Most […]

Stokes–Adams syndrome (alternative eponyms include Gerbezius-Morgagni-Adams–Stokes syndrome and Gerbec-Morgagni-Adams–Stokes syndrome) the first description of the syndrome was published in 1717 by the Carniolan physician of Slovene descent Marko Gerbec which […]