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Not be confused with Aicardi-Goutières syndromeAicardi syndrome is a rare genetic malformation syndrome characterized by the partial or complete absence of a key structure in the brain called the corpus […]

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is a condition presenting as a rapid heart rhythm originating at or above the atrioventricular node.

An adjustment disorder (AD) occurs when an individual is unable to adjust to or cope with a particular stressor like a major life event. Since people with this disorder normally […]

Opsoclonus Myoclonus Syndrome (OMS) also known as Opsoclonus-Myoclonus-Ataxia (OMA) is a rare neurological disorder of unknown causes which appears to be the result of an autoimmune process involving the nervous […]

Psychosexual disorder is a term which may simply refer to a sexual problem that is psychological rather than physiological in origin.Psychosexual disorder was a term used in Freudian psychology.The term […]

A hospital-acquired infection also known as a HAI or in medical literature as a nosocomial infection is an infection whose development is favored by a hospital environment such as one […]

Plantar fasciitis (also known as Plantar fasciopathy or Jogger’s heel) is a common painful enthesopathy of the heel and plantar surface of the foot characterized by inflammation fibrosis or structural […]

Pyometra is a uterine infection. Though it is most commonly known as a disease of the unaltered female dog it is also a notable human disease. It is also seen […]

Osteophytes commonly referred to as bone spurs or parrot beak are bony projections that form along joint margins. They should not be confused with enthesophytes which are bony projections that […]

Aagenaes syndrome is a syndrome characterised by congenital hypoplasia of lymph vessels which causes lymphedema of the legs and recurrent cholestasis in infancy and slow progress to hepatic cirrhosis and […]