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Tay-sachs Disease , Tay-Sachs Disease
TAY-SACHS DISEASE (Amaurotic Familial Idiocy). Amaurotic Familial Idiocy, known as the Tay-Sachs Disease after W. Tay, an English o… Lou Gehrigs Disease , Lou Gehrig's Disease
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Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), is a neurodegenerative disease of unknown cause that br… Nosology , nosology classification of diseases, XVIII. f. Gr. nósos disease; see -LOGY.
nosology (nos-ol-ŏji) n. the naming and classification of diseases. Glycogen Storage Diseases , Definition
Glycogen is a form of stored glucose that the body uses as an energy source. Glycogen storage disease (GSD) involves defects that cause an… Deficiency Disease , Skip to main content
deficiency disease Hirschsprungs disease , Hirschsprung's Disease
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Hirschsprung's disease, also known as congenital megacolon or aganglionic megacolon, is an abnormality in which cer…
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hereditary disease