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1

11p Deletion Syndrome : See WAGR Syndrome.
11q Deletion : See Jacobsen Syndrome.
13q Deletion Syndrome : 13q Deletion Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. 13q...
15q 26.2 Deletion : 15q 26.2 Deletion is categorized as a rare disease. 15q 26.2 De...
17-Beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Deficiency : 17-Beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase De...
17-Beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase III Deficiency : See 17-Beta-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrog...
18 Hydroxylase Deficiency : 18 Hydroxylase Deficiency is categorized as a rare dise...
1p36 Deletion Syndrome : See Chromosome 1p36 Deletion Syndrome.

All the definitions starting by the letter 1.

2

22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome : 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome is categorized as a rare dise...
22q13 Deletion Syndrome : 22q13 Deletion Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease....

All the definitions starting by the letter 2.

4

47 XXY : See Klinefelter´s Syndrome.
47XXX Syndrome : See Triple X Syndrome.
48 XXYY Syndrome : 48 XXYY Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. 48 XXYY syndr...
4H Syndrome : See Pallister-Hall Syndrome.
4p- Syndrome : See Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome.
4q Terminal Deletion Syndrome : See Chromosome 4q Deletion Syndrome.

All the definitions starting by the letter 4.

5

5p Minus syndrome : See Cri du Chat Syndrome.
5p monosomy : See Cri du Chat Syndrome.

All the definitions starting by the letter 5.

7

7-dehydrocholesterol reductase deficiency : See Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome.

All the definitions starting by the letter 7.

9

9P deletion : See Monosomy 9p.

All the definitions starting by the letter 9.

A

Acheiropody : See Acheiropodia.
Acoustic Neuroma : Acoustic Neuroma is categorized as a rare disease. Acoustic neur...
Acute Lipodermatosclerosis : See Lipodermatosclerosis.
Adenocyst : See Adenoid Cystic Cancer.
Adrenocortical Carcinoma : Adrenocortical Carcinoma is categorized as a rare diseas...
Alzheimer´s : See Alzheimer´s disease.
APS1 : See Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome Type 1.
Arylsulfatase A Deficiency : See Metachromatic Leukodystrophy.
ATS : See Andersen Tawil Syndrome.
Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Type I : See Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome T...
AVM : See Arteriovenous Malformation.

All the definitions starting by the letter A.

B

Bedwetting : See Nocturnal enuresis.
Behcets Syndrome : See Behcet´s Disease.
Biotinidase Deficiency : Biotinidase Deficiency is categorized as a rare disease. B...
black urine disease : See Alkaptonuria.
Boeck Disease : See Sarcoidosis.
borreliosis : See Lyme Disease.
Brachial Plexus Neuritis : See Parsonage-Turner Syndrome.
Brachial Plexus Paralysis : See Erb´s Palsy.
Brown-Sequard Syndrome : Brown-Sequard Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. B...
Brugada syndrome : Brugada syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Brugada syndr...
Bullous pemphigoid : Bullous pemphigoid is categorized as a rare disease. If you su...

All the definitions starting by the letter B.

C

Cephalic Disorder : See Schizencephaly.
Chromosome 22 Ring : Chromosome 22 Ring is categorized as a rare disease. Chromosom...
Chromosome Deletion 5p Syndrome : See Cri du Chat Syndrome.
chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis : See Myelofibrosis with Myeloid Metaplasia.
Chronic Inflammatory Demyelination Polyneuropathy : See Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Po...
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia : See Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia.
Citrullinemia Type I : See Citrullinemia.
Coeliac Disease : Coeliac Disease is categorized as a rare disease. Coeliac Disease...
columnar epithelium lined lower oesophagus : See Barrett´s Esophagus.
Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopaenia : See Congenital Amegakaryocytic Throm...
Congenital Hypothalamic Hamartoblastoma : See Pallister-Hall Syndrome.

All the definitions starting by the letter C.

D

DD-NOS : See Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified.
Dent´s Disease : Dent´s Disease is categorized as a rare disease. Dent’s Dise...
Dents Disease : See Dent´s Disease.
Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Specified : Depressive Disorder Not Otherwise Spe...
Disorder of written expression : Disorder of written expression is a childhood cond...
Distal Trisomy 10q : Distal Trisomy 10q is categorized as a rare disease. Distal Tr...
Diurnal enuresis : Enuresis is defined as involuntary voiding beyond the age of ant...
Down Syndrome : Down Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Down syndrome is a ...
Duplication of Chromosome 22q 11.2 : See Microduplication 22q11.2 Syndrome.
Dysmyelogenic leukodystrophy : See Alexander disease.
Dysmyelogenic leukodystrophy-megalobare : See Alexander disease.

All the definitions starting by the letter D.

E

Early Onset of Parkinson Disease : See Early Onset Parkinson Disease.
EDS : See Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Classic Type.
EDS Type 2 : See Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Classic Type.
Endocrine Tumor : Endocrine Tumor is categorized as a rare disease. Endocrine Tumor...
Eosinophilic Enteropathy : See Eosinophilic Disease.
EPP : See Erythropoietic Protoporphyria.
erythrocyte pyruvate kinase deficiency : See Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency.
Erythromelalgia : Erythromelalgia is categorized as a rare disease. Erythromelalgia...
Esophageal Achalasia : See Achalasia.
Evans Syndrome : Evans Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Evans Syndrome is...
Expressive language disorder : Expressive language disorder (DSM 315.31) is a commu...

All the definitions starting by the letter E.

F

Faciodigitogenital Syndrome : See Aarskog-Scott Syndrome.
Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy : Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy is ...
Factor V Deficiency : Factor V Deficiency is categorized as a rare disease. Factor ...
familial iminoglycinuria : See Iminoglycinuria.
Finnish type amyloidosis : See Amyloidosis.
FMS : See Fibromyalgia.
foodborne botulism : See Botulism.
Forestiers disease : See Diffuse Ideopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis.
Fructose malabsorption : Fructose malabsorption is categorized as a rare disease. F...
FTD : See Frontotemporal Dementia.
fundus flavimaculatus : See Stargardt disease.

All the definitions starting by the letter F.

G

Galactosemia : Galactosemia is categorized as a rare disease. Galactosemia is a rar...
Gamma-Sarcoglycanopathy : Gamma-Sarcoglycanopathy is categorized as a rare disease....
generalized chondromalacia : See Relapsing Polychondritis.
globoid cell leukodystrophy : See Krabbe Disease.
Glucosylceramidase Deficiency : See Gaucher Disease.
Gluten Allergy : See Coeliac Disease.
Glycine Synthase Deficiency : See Non-Ketotic Hyperglycinemia.
Gorlin-Vickers syndrome : See Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B.
Grave´s Disease : See Graves´ Disease.
GSD type Ia : See Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1.
Gyrate Atrophy : Gyrate Atrophy is categorized as a rare disease. Gyrate Atrophy is...

All the definitions starting by the letter G.

H

Hashimotos Encephalitis : See Hashimoto´s Encephalopathy.
Haw River Syndrome : See Dentatorubral Pallidoluysian Atrophy.
Hereditary Onychoostedysplasia : See Nail-Patella Syndrome.
HHRH : See Hypophosphatasia.
Histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis : See Kikuchi´s Disease.
Holt-Oram syndrome : Holt-Oram syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Holt-Oram...
Hurler´s Disease : See Hurler Syndrome.
Hurler-Scheie : See Hurler Syndrome.
Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder : Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder (HSDD), is co...
Hypoplasia of the Scrum : See Sacral Agenesis.
hysteria : See Somatization disorder.

All the definitions starting by the letter H.

I

IAPP : See Idiopathic Atrophoderma of Pasini and Pierini.
Ideopathic hyper eosinophillia : See Eosinophilic Disease.
Idiopathic Restrictive Cardiomyopathy : See Restrictive Cardiomyopathy.
Imerslund-Grasbeck syndrome : See Megaloblastic Anemia.
Imperforate Anus : See Pallister-Hall Syndrome.
Infantile Spasms : See West Syndrome.
Inflammatory Bowel Disease : See Crohn´s Disease.
internal limiting membrane disease : See Macular Pucker.
interstitial granulomatous dermatitis : See Ackerman Syndrome.
Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction : Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction is categorized as a r...
intracranial injury : See Traumatic Brain Injury.

All the definitions starting by the letter I.

J

Jacobsen Syndrome : Jacobsen Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Jacobsen Sy...
Jarcho-Levin Syndrome : Jarcho-Levin Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Jar...
Jatzkewitz-Pilz Syndrome : See Sandhoff Disease.
JC virus : See Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy.
JCV : See Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy.
JDEB : See Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa.
Jejunal Atresia : Jejunal Atresia is categorized as a rare disease. Jejunal Atresia...
juvenile chronic arthritis : See Systemic Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis : See Systemic Onset Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Juvenile Nonprogressive Amyotrophy : See Monomelic Amyotrophy.
Juvenile Retinoschisis : See Juvenile X-Linked Retinoschisis.

All the definitions starting by the letter J.

K

Kahler´s Disease : See Multiple Myeloma.
Kaposis sarcoma-associated herpesvirus : See Kaposi´s Sarcoma.
Kawasaki Disease : Kawasaki Disease is categorized as a rare disease. Kawasaki Dise...
Kearns-Sayre Syndrome : Kearns-Sayre Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Kea...
Kennedy disease : Kennedy disease is categorized as a rare disease. If you suffer f...
kinky hair disease : See Menkes Syndrome.
Klatskin Tumour : See Klatskin Tumor.
Klatskins Tumor : See Klatskin Tumor.
Klein-Waardenburg syndrome : See Waardenburg Syndrome.
Klippel Trenaunay Weber Syndrome : See Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome.
KTS : See Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome.

All the definitions starting by the letter K.

L

Lafora disease : Lafora disease is categorized as a rare disease. If you suffer fro...
Lamellar ichthyosis : Lamellar ichthyosis is categorized as a rare disease. If you ...
latent TB infection : See Tuberculosis.
LEMS : See Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome.
Leukodystrophy with Rosenthal fibers : See Alexander disease.
LFS : See Lujan-Fryns Syndrome.
Lichen Sclerosus : Lichen Sclerosus is categorized as a rare disease. Lichen Sclero...
LMS : See Leiomyosarcoma.
Lowe Syndrome : Lowe Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Lowe Syndrome is a ...
Lujan syndrome : See Lujan-Fryns Syndrome.
Lujan-Fryns Syndrome : Lujan-Fryns Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Lujan...

All the definitions starting by the letter L.

M

Macular Pucker : Macular Pucker is categorized as a rare disease. Macular Pucker is...
Marfan´s Syndrome : See Marfan Syndrome.
MCD deficiency : See Malonyl-Coenzyme A Decarboxylase Deficiency.
Mediterranean spotted fever : See Boutonneuse Fever.
Mendelian susceptibility to atypical mycobacteria : Mendelian susceptibility to atypical my...
Microphallus-Imperforate Anus-Syndactyly-Hamartoblastoma-Abnormal Lung Lobulation-Polydactyly Syndrome : See Pallister-Hall Syndrome.
MMA : See Monomelic Amyotrophy.
MPS : See Maroteaux-Lamy Syndrome.
Mucolipidosis type I : See Sialidosis.
Mucoviscidosis : See Cystic Fibrosis.
Myelofibrosis with Myeloid Metaplasia : Myelofibrosis with Myeloid Metaplasia is ca...

All the definitions starting by the letter M.

N

Nail-Patella Syndrome : Nail-Patella Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Nai...
Neonatal aspiration of meconium : See Meconium Aspiration Syndrome.
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 : Neurofibromatosis Type 1 is categorized as a rare diseas...
Neurolemmoma : See Acoustic Neuroma.
Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis : See Batten Disease.
Nijmegen breakage syndrome : Nijmegen breakage syndrome is categorized as a rare di...
Nil Disease : See Minimal Change Disease.
nodular lymphoma : See Follicular Lymphoma.
Norrbottnian Gaucher Disease : See Gaucher Disease.
NOS : Not Otherwise Specified.
NSF : See Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis.

All the definitions starting by the letter N.

O

Obrinsky Syndrome : See Prune Belly Syndrome.
Obsessive-compulsive disorder : Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a mental dis...
Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder : Obsessive-compulsive personality disord...
OCA1 : See Oculocutaneous Albinism.
OCD : See Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Oculocutaneous Albinism : Oculocutaneous Albinism is categorized as a rare disease....
Ollier´s Disease : Ollier´s Disease is categorized as a rare disease. Ollier’...
Orofaciodigital syndrome type I : See Orofaciodigital Syndrome.
Osteitis : See SAPHO Syndrome.
Osteosarcoma : Osteosarcoma is categorized as a rare disease. If you suffer from a ...
OTD : See Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency.

All the definitions starting by the letter O.

P

Pick´s disease : Pick´s disease, also known as Pick disease and PiD, is a rar...
Picks Disease : See Pick´s Disease.
Plasminogen Deficiency : Plasminogen Deficiency is categorized as a rare disease. P...
PML : See Progressive Multifocal Leucoencephalopathy.
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome : Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndro...
Primary GBM : See Glioblastoma Multiforme.
PRV : See Polycythemia Vera.
Pseudohypoparathyroidism Type 1a : See Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy.
Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum : Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum is categorized as a rare diseas...
PTC : See Pseudotumor Cerebri.
Pyoderma Gangrenosum : Pyoderma Gangrenosum is categorized as a rare disease. Pyode...

All the definitions starting by the letter P.

Q

QSM : See Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathies.
Quadriceps Sparing Myopathy : See Hereditary Inclusion Body Myopathies.
Quantal Squander Syndrome : See Isaac´s Syndrome.
Quincke´s Edema : See Angioedema.

All the definitions starting by the letter Q.

R

Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic dysfunction, Hypoventilation and Autonomic Dysregulation : Rapid-onset Obesity with Hypothalamic ...
Retinoblastoma : Retinoblastoma is categorized as a rare disease. Retinoblastoma is...
Rheumatic fever : Rheumatic fever is categorized as a rare disease. A Fever means a...
Rheumatoid purpura : Rheumatoid purpura is categorized as a rare disease. If you su...
RHS Type II : See Ramsay Hunt Syndrome Type 2.
Rice Grain Retinochoroidopathy : See Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
Riegers syndrome : See Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome.
RSDS : See Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
RTS : See Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome.
Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome : Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome is categorized as a rare dise...
Rumination syndrome : Rumination syndrome, or Merycism is an under-diagnosed chroni...

All the definitions starting by the letter R.

S

SCLS : See Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome.
Sleep disorder : A sleep disorder (somnipathy) is a medical disorder of the sleep p...
Somniloquy : See Sleep-talking.
Specific phobia : A specific phobia is a generic term for any kind of anxiety disor...
Spielmeyer-Vogt-Sjögren-Batten Disease : See Batten Disease.
Spinal Cord Infarction : Spinal Cord Infarction is categorized as a rare disease. S...
Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia : Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia is categorized as a r...
Stargardt´s macular dystrophy : See Stargardt disease.
Sudanophilic Leukodystrophy : See Adrenoleukodystrophy.
Super Female : See Triple X Syndrome.
Systemic Vasculitis : Systemic Vasculitis is categorized as a rare disease. Systemi...

All the definitions starting by the letter S.

T

T1DM : See Diabetes mellitus type 1.
Takatsuki disease : See POEMS Syndrome.
Tendonitis : See Tendinitis.
Thomsen Disease : See Congenital Myopathy.
TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome : TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndro...
Toxic shock-like syndrome : See Toxic Shock Syndrome.
Transverse Myelitis : Transverse Myelitis is categorized as a rare disease. Transve...
TSS : See Toxic Shock Syndrome.
Tuberous Sclerosis Complex : See Tuberous Sclerosis.
Tumor-necrosis Factor Receptor Type 1 : See TNF Receptor Associated Periodic Syndro...
Type I : See Osteogenesis imperfecta.

All the definitions starting by the letter T.

U

Ulcerative Colitis : Ulcerative Colitis is categorized as a rare disease. Ulcerativ...
ULD : See Unverricht-Lundborg Disease.
Ullrich-Turner Syndrome : See Turner Syndrome.
Undiagnosed : Undiagnosed is categorized as a rare disease. This community is for i...
Unverricht-Lundborg Disease : Unverricht-Lundborg Disease is categorized as a rare ...
Uridine Monophosphate Synthetase Deficiency : See Orotic Aciduria Hereditary.
Urofacial Syndrome : See Ochoa Syndrome.
Urticaria-Deafness-Amyloidosis : See Muckle-Wells Syndrome.
Urticarial Vasculitis : Urticarial Vasculitis is categorized as a rare disease. An ...
Usher syndrome : Usher syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Usher syndrome as...
Uveitis : Uveitis is categorized as a rare disease. Uveitis is inflammation of the ...

All the definitions starting by the letter U.

V

Van Bogaert-Scherer-Epstein syndrome : See Cerebrotendineous Xanthomatosis.
Vasovagal Episode : See Vasovagal Syncope.
VCFS : See 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.
Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome : See 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.
Vestibular schwannoma : See Acoustic Neuroma.
VHL : See Von Hippel-Lindau Disease.
Vitiliginous Chorioretinitis : See Birdshot Chorioretinopathy.
von Jaksch anemia : See Thalassemia.
Von Willebrand Disease : Von Willebrand Disease is categorized as a rare disease. V...
Vulvar Cancer : Vulvar Cancer is categorized as a rare disease. Vulvar Cancer is a ...
VVS : See Vasovagal Syncope.

All the definitions starting by the letter V.

W

Waardenburg Syndrome : Waardenburg Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Waard...
WAGR Syndrome : WAGR Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. WAGR Syndrome is a ...
Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia : Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia is categorized as a r...
Waldenstrom´s macroglobulinemia : See Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia.
Waldenströms macroglobulinemia : See Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia.
Wallenberg´s Syndrome : See Lateral Medullary Syndrome.
West Syndrome : West Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. West Syndrome is a ...
Wheat allergy : See Coeliac Disease.
Wilm´s Tumor : See Wilms´ Tumor.
Wolman Disease : Wolman Disease is categorized as a rare disease. Wolman Disease is...
wound botulism : See Botulism.

All the definitions starting by the letter W.

X

X Chromosome Duplication : X Chromosome Duplication is categorized as a rare diseas...
X Chromosome duplication between Xq27.2 and Xq28 : See X Chromosome Duplication.
X Linked Retinoschisis : See Juvenile X-Linked Retinoschisis.
X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia punctata : X-linked dominant chondrodysplasia pu...
X-Linked Hypogammaglobulinemia : See X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia.
X-Linked Ichthyosis : X-Linked Ichthyosis is categorized as a rare disease. X-Linke...
X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Syndrome : See X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disease.
X-Linked Nephrolithiasis 2 : See Dent´s Disease.
Xerocytosis : See Hereditary Stomatocytosis.
XLI : See X-Linked Ichthyosis.
XLP : See X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disease.

All the definitions starting by the letter X.

Y

Yellow Nail Syndrome : Yellow Nail Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Yello...
young adult onset Parkinson : See Early Onset Parkinson Disease.
young adult Parkinsonism : See Early Onset Parkinson Disease.
Young Syndrome : See Young´s Syndrome.
Young´s Syndrome : Young´s Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Young´...
Youngs Syndrome : See Young´s Syndrome.
Yunis-Varon Syndrome : Yunis-Varon Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Yunis...

All the definitions starting by the letter Y.

Z

Zellweger syndrome : Zellweger syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Zellweger...
ZES : See Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome.
Zinc deficiency : See Acrodermatitis Enteropathica.
Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome : See Dyskeratosis Congenita.
Zivert´s Syndrome : See Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.
Zivert-Kartagener Triad : See Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.
Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome : Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome is categorized as a rare di...
Zuska´s Disease : Zuska´s Disease is categorized as a rare disease. Zuska’s D...
Zuska-Atkins disease : See Zuska´s Disease.
Zuskas disease : See Zuska´s Disease.

All the definitions starting by the letter Z.