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Epileptic spasms infantile spasms juvenile spasms West syndrome or West’s syndrome is an uncommon to rare epileptic disorder in infants children and adults. It is named after the English physician […]

Trichomycosis axillaris is a superficial bacterial colonization of the hair shafts in sweat gland–bearing areas such as the armpits and the pubic area. It is a trivial disease of worldwide […]

Hypouricemia is a level of uric acid in blood serum that is below normal. In humans the normal range of this blood component has a lower threshold set variously in […]

A vesicointestinal fistula (or intestinovesical fistula) is a form of fistula between the bladder and the bowel.

Syringomas are harmless sweat duct tumors typically found clustered on eyelids although they may also be found in the armpits umbilicus or vulva. They are skin-colored or yellowish firm rounded […]

Kleine-Levin syndrome (KLS) is a rare sleep disorder characterized by persistent episodic hypersomnia and cognitive or mood changes. Many patients also experience hyperphagia hypersexuality and other symptoms. Patients generally experience […]

Suicidal ideation is a medical term for thoughts about or an unusual preoccupation with suicide. The range of suicidal ideation varies greatly from fleeting to detailed planning role playing and […]

Osteochondritis dissecans /ˌɒsti.oʊkɒnˈdraɪtɪs ˈdɪsɨkænz/ often abbreviated to OCD or OD is a joint disorder in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone. OCD is caused […]

XX male syndrome (also called de la Chapelle syndrome for a researcher who characterized it in 1972) is a rare sex chromosomal disorder. Usually it is caused by unequal crossing […]

Retroperitoneal fibrosis or Ormond’s disease is a disease featuring the proliferation of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneum the compartment of the body containing the kidneys aorta renal tract and various […]