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Human immunodeficiency virus infection / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a disease of the human immune system caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). During the initial infection a […]

Herpes genitalis (or genital herpes) is a genital infection caused by the herpes simplex virus. A 1998 study indicated it was the most common sexually transmitted infection by the number […]

Parasomnias are a category of sleep disorders that involve abnormal movements behaviors emotions perceptions and dreams that occur while falling asleep sleeping between sleep stages or during arousal from sleep. […]

Loeffler endocarditis is a form of restrictive cardiomyopathy which affects the endocardium and occurs with white blood cell proliferation specifically of eosinophils. Restrictive cardiomyopathy is defined as a disease of […]

A biliary fistula is a type of fistula where bile leaks from the bile ducts into outside areas.

Marcus Gunn pupil or relative afferent pupillary defect (RAPD) is a medical sign observed during the swinging-flashlight test whereupon the patient’s pupils constrict less (therefore appearing to dilate) when a […]

Freeman–Sheldon syndrome (FSS) also termed distal arthrogryposis type 2A (DA2A) craniocarpotarsal dysplasia (or dystrophy) Cranio-carpo-tarsal syndrome Windmill-Vane-Hand syndrome or Whistling-face syndrome was originally described by Freeman and Sheldon in 1938. […]

Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (or idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis; IPH) is a lung disease of unknown cause that is characterized by alveolar capillary bleeding and accumulation of haemosiderin in the lungs. It […]

Léri–Weill dyschondrosteosis or LWD is a rare pseudoautosomal dominant genetic disorder which results in dwarfism with short forearms and legs (mesomelic dwarfism) and a bayonet-like deformity of the forearms (Madelung’s […]

Cutis laxa (also known as Chalazoderma Dermatochalasia Dermatolysis Dermatomegaly Generalized elastolysis Generalized elastorrhexis or Pachydermatocele) is a group of rare connective tissue disorders in which the skin becomes inelastic and […]