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Hypokalemia (American English) or hypokalaemia (British English) also hypopotassemia or hypopotassaemia (ICD-9) refers to the condition in which the concentration of potassium (K+) in the blood is low.

Helminthiasis /ˌhɛlminˈθaɪəsis/ (alternatively spelled helminthosis; plural helminthiases) is any macroparasitic disease of humans and animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms known as helminths. […]

Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) or simply arthrogryposis describes congenital joint contractures in two or more areas of the body. It derives its name from Greek literally meaning curving of joints […]

Cholangiocarcinoma is a form of cancer that is composed of mutated epithelial cells (or cells showing characteristics of epithelial differentiation) that originate in the bile ducts which drain bile from […]

Polymicrogyria (PMG) is a developmental malformation of the human brain characterized by an excessive number of small convolutions (gyri) on the surface of the brain. Either the whole surface (generalized) […]

See pneumonia for a general overview of pneumonia and its other causes.Bacterial pneumonia is a type of pneumonia caused by bacterial infection.

Lower respiratory tract infection while often used as a synonym for pneumonia can also be applied to other types of infection including lung abscess and acute bronchitis. Symptoms include shortness […]

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy that is defined as deterioration in cardiac function presenting typically between the last month of pregnancy and up to five months […]

This article is about the medical condition. For the moth genus see Asplenia (moth). For spleenwort ferns see Asplenium.Asplenia refers to the absence of normal spleen function and is associated […]

Hemispatial neglect also called hemiagnosia hemineglect unilateral neglect spatial neglect contralateral neglect unilateral visual inattention hemi-inattention or neglect syndrome is a neuropsychological condition in which after damage to one hemisphere […]