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miliaria
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome of cutaneous changes associated with sweat retention and extravasation of sweat at different levels in the skin. Miliaria rubra, or prickly heat, results from apocrine duct obstruction. ...
Turner syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome of defective gonadal development in phenotypic women with a karyotype of sex chromosome monosomy (45,X or 45,XO), associated with the loss of a sex chromosome X or Y. Patients generally ...
adult respiratory distress syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome of life-threatening progressive pulmonary insufficiency in the absence of known pulmonary disease, usually following a systemic insult such as surgery or major trauma.
nail-patella syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome of multiple abnormalities characterized by the absence or hypoplasia of the patella and congenital nail dystrophy. It is a genetically determined autosomal dominant trait.
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome of multiple defects characterized primarily by umbilical hernia (umbilical herna), macroglossia, and gigantism and secondarily by visceromegaly, hypoglycemia, and ear abnormalities.
persistent fetal circulation syndrome
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn infant, without demonstrable cardiac disease. It is characterized by cyanosis and acidosis, severe pulmonary vasoconstriction, ...
kwashiorkor
Health care; Diseases
A syndrome produced by severe protein deficiency, characterized by retarded growth, changes in skin and hair pigment, edema, and pathologic changes in the liver, including fatty infiltration, ...
