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Spinal muscular atrophies (SMAs) are a genetically and clinically heterogeneous group of rare debilitating disorders characterised by the degeneration of lower motor neurons (neuronal cells situated in the anterior horn […]

Patau syndrome /ˈpætaʊ/ is a syndrome caused by a chromosomal abnormality in which some or all of the cells of the body contain extra genetic material from chromosome 13. This […]

Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant congenital disorder consisting of radial hypoplasia triphalangeal thumbs hypospadias and maxillary diastema.

Brill–Zinsser disease is a delayed relapse of epidemic typhus caused by Rickettsia prowazekii. After a patient contracts epidemic typhus from the fecal matter of an infected louse (Pediculus humanus) the […]

Drug withdrawal is the group of symptoms that occur upon the abrupt discontinuation or decrease in intake of medications or recreational drugs.In order to experience the symptoms of withdrawal one […]

Pulmonary edema (American English) or oedema (British English; both words from the Greek οἴδημα) is fluid accumulation in the air spaces and parenchyma of the lungs. It leads to impaired […]

A Bartholin’s cyst is formed when a Bartholin’s gland is blocked causing a fluid-filled cyst to develop. A Bartholin’s cyst is not an infection although it can be caused by […]

Hantaviruses are single-stranded enveloped negative sense RNA viruses in the Bunyaviridae family. They normally infect rodents and don’t cause disease in these hosts. Humans may become infected with hantaviruses through […]

Retinoschisis is an eye disease characterized by the abnormal splitting of the retina’s neurosensory layers usually in the outer plexiform layer resulting in a loss of vision in the corresponding […]

Irritant diaper dermatitis also known as diaper dermatitis and napkin dermatitis and commonly known as diaper rash (NAE) or nappy rash (UK AUS) is a generic term applied to skin […]