A chest injury is any form of physical injury to the chest including the heart and lungs. Chest injuries account for 25% of all deaths from traumatic injury. Typically chest […]
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Letterer–Siwe disease
Letterer–Siwe disease is an old name for Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH) from a time where LCH was thought to be several different diseases; Letterer–Siwe disease Hand-Schuller-Christian disease Eosinophilic granuloma and […]
Caudal regression syndrome
Caudal regression syndrome or sacral agenesis (or hypoplasia of the sacrum) is a congenital disorder in which there is abnormal fetal development of the lower spine—the caudal partition of the […]
Snapping hip syndrome
Snapping hip syndrome (also referred to as coxa saltans iliopsoas tendinitis or dancer’s hip) is a medical condition characterized by a snapping sensation felt when the hip is flexed and […]
Pinealoma
Pinealoma is a tumor of the pineal gland.
Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency
Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase is a mitochondrial homodimer apoenzyme (EC. 5. 4.99.2) that focuses on the catalysis of malonyl CoA to succinyl CoA. The enzyme is bound to adenosylcobalamin a hormonal derivative […]
3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency
3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency (3MCC deficiency) also known as 3-Methylcrotonylglycinuria or BMCC deficiency is an inherited disorder in which the body is unable to process certain proteins properly. People with this […]
24 Dienoyl-CoA reductase deficiency
24 Dienoyl-CoA reductase deficiency is an inborn error of metabolism resulting in defective fatty acid oxidation caused by a deficiency of the enzyme 24 Dienoyl-CoA reductase. It is believed to […]
Short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency
Short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (SCADD) also called ACADS deficiency and SCAD deficiency is an autosomal recessive fatty acid oxidation disorder which affects enzymes required to break down a certain […]
Neonatal conjunctivitis
Neonatal conjunctivitis also known as ophthalmia neonatorum is a form of conjunctivitis contracted by newborns during delivery. The baby’s eyes are contaminated during passage through the birth canal from a […]