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  • 61Parkinson disease — ▪ pathology also called  primary parkinsonism,  paralysis agitans,  or  idiopathic parkinsonism        a degenerative neurological disorder that is characterized by the onset of tremor, muscle rigidity, slowness in movement (bradykinesia), and… …

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  • 62Fifth disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = 16 month old with fifth disease DiseasesDB = 4442 ICD10 = ICD10|B|08|3|b|0 ICD9 = ICD9|057.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 378 eMedicine mult = eMedicine2|derm|136… …

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  • 63Medical students' disease — Not to be confused with Student syndrome. Medical students disease, also known as hypochondriasis of medical students or medical student syndrome or medical student disorder, is a condition frequently reported in medical students, who perceive… …

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  • 64Refsum's disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Phytanic acid DiseasesDB = 11213 ICD10 = ICD10|G|60|1|g|60 ICD9 = ICD9|356.3 ICDO = OMIM = 266500 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = derm eMedicineTopic = 705 MeshID = D012035 Refsum s disease (Refsum Thiébaut …

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  • 65Mosquito-borne disease — Endemic range of yellow fever in Africa (2005) …

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  • 66Delta-storage pool disease — A genetic (inherited) disorder, also known as the Hermansky Pudlak syndrome (HPS), characterized by albinism (with lack of skin and eye pigment), bruising and prolonged bleeding (due to defective blood platelets), and fibrosis of the lungs. In… …

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  • 67Chagas' disease — Cha·gas disease shäg əs (əz ) n a tropical American disease that is caused by a protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma (T. cruzi) transmitted by reduviid bugs esp. of the genus Triatoma, that has an acute form primarily affecting children and marked… …

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  • 68Chagas' disease — a disease caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi. It is transmitted to humans when the trypanosomes, present in the faeces of nocturnal bloodsucking reduviid bugs, come into contact with wounds and scratches on the skin or the… …

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  • 69Lyme disease — (Medicine) serious inflammatory bacterial disease transmitted by deer ticks (characterized by a skin rash, swelling and fever, headache and arthritis like symptoms) …

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  • 70hookworm disease — a condition resulting from an infestation of the small intestine by hookworms. Hookworm larvae live in the soil and infect humans by penetrating the skin. The worms travel to the lungs in the bloodstream and from there pass via the windpipe and… …

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