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Dyscalculia is difficulty in learning or comprehending arithmetic such as difficulty in understanding numbers learning how to manipulate numbers and learning math facts.It is generally seen as a specific developmental […]

Erythema (from the Greek erythros meaning red) is redness of the skin or mucous membranes caused by hyperemia of superficial capillaries. It occurs with any skin injury infection or inflammation. […]

A breech birth is the birth of a baby from a breech presentation in which the baby exits the pelvis with the buttocks or feet first as opposed to the […]

Foodborne illness (also foodborne disease and colloquially referred to as food poisoning) is any illness resulting from the consumption of contaminated food pathogenic bacteria viruses or parasites that contaminate food […]

Cytokine release syndrome is a common immediate complication occurring with the use of anti-T cell antibody infusions such as ATG OKT3 and TGN1412 but also with the CD-20 antibody rituximab. […]

Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is the name given to a B-cell proliferation due to therapeutic immunosuppression after organ transplantation. These patients may develop infectious mononucleosis-like lesions or polyclonal polymorphic B-cell […]

Transplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient’s immune system which destroys the transplanted tissue. Transplant rejection can be lessened by determining the molecular similitude between donor […]

Wingsuit flying or wingsuiting is the sport of flying the human body through the air using a special jumpsuit called a wingsuit which adds surface area to the human body […]

Photophobia (from Greek φῶς — phōs light and φόβος — phobos fear) /ˌfəʊtəʊˈfəʊbiə/ is a symptom of abnormal intolerance to visual perception of light. As a medical symptom photophobia is […]

Wernicke’s encephalopathy or now often Wernicke’s disease refers to the presence of neurological symptoms caused by biochemical lesions of the central nervous system after exhaustion of B-vitamin reserves in particular […]