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Bartonellosis is an infectious disease produced by bacteria of the genus Bartonella.Bartonella cause diseases such as Carrión´s disease trench fever cat-scratch disease bacillary angiomatosis peliosis hepatis chronic bacteremia endocarditis chronic […]

Glycogen storage disease type 0 is a disease characterized by a deficiency in the glycogen synthase enzyme. Although glycogen synthase deficiency does not result in storage of extra glycogen in […]

Glycogen storage disease type III is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder and inborn error of metabolism characterized by a deficiency in glycogen debranching enzymes.It is also known as Cori’s disease […]

Extravasation is the accidental administration of intravenously (IV) infused medications into the extravascular space/tissue around infusion sites either by leakage (e.g. because of brittle veins in very elderly patients) previous […]

Microscopic colitis refers to two medical conditions which cause diarrhea: collagenous colitis and lymphocytic colitis. Both conditions are characterised by the following triad of clinicopathological features: Chronic watery diarrhoea; Normal […]

Ophthalmoparesis or ophthalmoplegia refers to weakness (-paresis) or paralysis (-plegia) of one or more extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements. It is a physical finding in certain neurologic […]

Scleritis is a serious inflammatory disease that affects the white outer coating of the eye known as the sclera. The disease is often contracted through association with other diseases of […]

A neurofibroma is a benign nerve sheath tumor in the peripheral nervous system. Usually found in individuals with neurofibromatosis type I (NF1) an autosomal dominant genetically-inherited disease they can result […]

Hemoglobin C (abbreviated as Hb C or HbC) is an abnormal hemoglobin in which substitution of a glutamic acid residue with a lysine residue at the 6th position of the […]