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Croup (or laryngotracheobronchitis) is a respiratory condition that is usually triggered by an acute viral infection of the upper airway. The infection leads to swelling inside the throat which interferes […]

Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency (α1-antitrypsin deficiency A1AD) is a genetic disorder that causes defective production of alpha 1-antitrypsin (A1AT) leading to decreased A1AT activity in the blood and lungs and deposition […]

Cluster headache (CH) is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent severe headaches on one side of the head typically around the eye. There are often accompanying autonomic symptoms during the […]

Cryptosporidiosis also known as crypto is a parasitic disease caused by Cryptosporidium a protozoan parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa. It affects the intestines and is typically an acute short-term infection. […]

Osteosarcoma is an aggressive malignant neoplasm arising from primitive transformed cells of mesenchymal origin (and thus a sarcoma) that exhibit osteoblastic differentiation and produce malignant osteoid. It is the most […]

A bone tumor (also spelled bone tumour) is a neoplastic growth of tissue in bone. Abnormal growths found in the bone can be either benign (noncancerous) or malignant (cancerous).A bone […]

Dependent personality disorder (DPD) formerly known as asthenic personality disorder is a personality disorder that is characterized by a pervasive psychological dependence on other people. This personality disorder is a […]

Aneuploidy is a condition in which the chromosome number is not an exact multiple of the number characteristic of a particular species. An extra or missing chromosome is a common […]

Caroli disease is a rare inherited disorder characterized by dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts. There are two types of Caroli disease the most common being the simple or isolated […]

Alcoholic liver disease is a term that encompasses the hepatic manifestations of alcohol overconsumption including fatty liver alcoholic hepatitis and chronic hepatitis with hepatic fibrosis or cirrhosis.It is the major […]