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juvenile periodontitis

Health care; Diseases

Localized periodontitis in teenagers and young adults. The onset is during the circumpubertal period but the diagnosis can be made beyond puberty. Lesions are confined predominantly to the first ...

Localized reduction of blood flow to brain tissue due to arterial obtruction or systemic hypoperfusion. This frequently occurs in conjuction with brain hypoxia (brain hypoxia). Prolonged ischemia is ...

levocardia

Health care; Diseases

Location of heart in left hemithorax with apex pointing to the left, but with situs inversus of other viscera and defects of the heart, or corrected transposition of great vessels.

dextrocardia

Health care; Diseases

Location of the heart in the right hemithorax, with the apex directed to the right.

syringomyelia

Health care; Diseases

Longitudinal cavities in the spinal cord, most often in the cervical region, which may extend for multiple spinal levels. The cavities are lined by dense, gliogenous tissue and may be associated with ...