Large for gestational age (LGA) is an indication of high prenatal growth rate. LGA is often defined as a weight length or head circumference that lies above the 90th percentile […]
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MOMO syndrome
MOMO syndrome is an extremely rare genetic disorder which belongs to the overgrowth syndromes and has been diagnosed in only six cases around the world and occurs in 1 in […]
Azoospermia
Azoospermia is the medical condition of a man not having any measurable level of sperm in his semen. It is associated with very low levels of fertility or even sterility […]
Occipital neuralgia
Occipital neuralgia also known as C2 neuralgia or (rarely) Arnold’s neuralgia is a medical condition characterized by chronic pain in the upper neck back of the head and behind the […]
Murine typhus
Murine typhus (also called endemic typhus) is a form of typhus transmitted by fleas (Xenopsylla cheopis) usually on rats. (This is in contrast to epidemic typhus which is usually transmitted […]
Patulous Eustachian tube
Patulous Eustachian tube also known as patent Eustachian tube is the name of a physical disorder where the Eustachian tube which is normally closed instead stays intermittently open. When this […]
Chondromalacia patellae
Chondromalacia patellae (also known as CMP) is inflammation of the underside of the patella and softening of the cartilage. Chondromalacia patella is more accurately referred to as patellofemoral (puh-tel-o-FEM-uh-rul) pain […]
Beta-ketothiolase deficiency
Beta-ketothiolase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in which the body cannot properly process the amino acid isoleucine or the products of lipid breakdown.The typical age of onset […]
Kyasanur forest disease
Kyasanur forest disease (KFD) is a tick-borne viral hemorrhagic fever endemic to South Asia. The disease is caused by a virus belonging to the family Flaviviridae which also includes yellow […]
Tick-borne encephalitis
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a viral infectious disease involving the central nervous system. The disease most often manifests as meningitis encephalitis or meningoencephalitis. Although TBE is most commonly recognized as […]