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Magnesium deficiency refers to an intake of dietary magnesium below minimal levels which can result in numerous symptoms and diseases. These can generally be remedied by an increase of magnesium […]

Kearns–Sayre syndrome (abbreviated KSS) also known as oculocraniosomatic disease or Oculocraniosomatic neuromuscular disease with ragged red fibers is a mitochondrial myopathy with a typical onset before 20 years of age.

Crystalluria refers to crystals found in the urine when performing a urine test. Crystalluria is considered as one of the side effects of sulfonamides and penicillins.

Meralgia paresthetica or Meralgia paraesthetica (UK/Australian spelling) (me-ral’-gee-a par-es-thet’-i-ka) (or Bernhardt-Roth syndrome) is numbness or pain in the outer thigh not caused by injury to the thigh but by injury […]

Chromium deficiency is a proposed disorder that results from an insufficient dietary intake of chromium. It is an unlikely condition. Clear cases of deficiency have only been observed in hospital […]

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID)) is a group of approximately 150 primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) which have a common set of features (including hypogammaglobulinemia) but which have different underlying causes. Being a […]

A blepharospasm (from Greek: blepharon eyelid and spasm an uncontrolled muscle contraction) is any abnormal contraction or twitch of the eyelid.It is of two types: essential and reflex blepharospasm. The […]

Disorder of written expression is a type of learning disability in which a person’s writing ability falls substantially below normally expected range based on the individual’s age educational background and […]

Embryonal carcinoma is a relatively uncommon type of germ cell tumour that occurs in the ovaries and testes.

Coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) colloquially referred to as black lung disease is caused by long exposure to coal dust. It is a common affliction of coal miners and others who […]