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Alopecia universalis or alopecia areata universalis is a medical condition involving rapid loss of all hair including eyebrows and eyelashes. It is the most severe form of alopecia areata with […]

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a type of hearing loss in which the root cause lies in the vestibulocochlear nerve (cranial nerve VIII) the inner ear or central processing centers […]

Conductive hearing loss occurs when there is a problem conducting sound waves anywhere along the route through the outer ear tympanic membrane (eardrum) or middle ear (ossicles).This type of hearing […]

In humans a single transverse palmar crease is a single crease that extends across the palm of the hand formed by the fusion of the two palmar creases (known in […]

Balanitis xerotica obliterans is a dermatological (skin) condition affecting the male genitalia. It was first described by Stuhmer in 1928 though earlier reports describe what may have been the same […]

Berdon syndrome also called Megacystis-microcolon-intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIH syndrome) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder affecting newborns. It is more prevalent in females and is characterized by constipation and urinary […]

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is the thickening of the myocardium (muscle) of the left ventricle of the heart.

Bálint’s syndrome is an uncommon and incompletely understood triad of severe neuropsychological impairments: inability to perceive the visual field as a whole (simultanagnosia) difficulty in fixating the eyes (oculomotor apraxia) […]

Lichen sclerosus (LS) (also termed incorrectly Lichen sclerosus et atrophicus) is a disease of unknown cause that results in white patches on the skin which may cause scarring on and […]

Mycoplasma pneumonia (also known as walking pneumonia because its patients can sometimes continue to walk about while suffering from its symptoms) is a form of bacterial pneumonia that is caused […]