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A/M : See Anophthalmia-Microphthalmia, Isolated.
a1-Antitrypsin Deficiency : See Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
A1AD : See Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
Aagenaes Syndrome : Aagenaes Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Aagenaes Sy...
Aarskog Syndrome : See Aarskog-Scott Syndrome.
Aarskog-Scott Syndrome : Aarskog-Scott Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. A...
AAS : See Aarskog-Scott Syndrome.
Aase Syndrome : Aase Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Aase Syndrome is a ...
Aase-Smith Syndrome : See Aase Syndrome.
AAT : See Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
abdominal hernia : See Gastroschisis.
Abdominal Muscle Deficiency Syndrome : See Prune Belly Syndrome.
abdominoschisis : See Gastroschisis.
abs : See Amniotic Band Syndrome.
Acalvaria : Acalvaria is categorized as a rare disease. Acalvaria is a rare malform...
Acanthamoeba Keratitis : Acanthamoeba Keratitis is categorized as a rare disease. A...
Acatalasemia : Acatalasemia is categorized as a rare disease. Acatalasemia a geneti...
Acatalasia : See Acatalasemia.
ACC : See Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
Accute Intermittent Porphyria : See Acute Hepatic Porphyria.
Accute pericarditis : See Recurrent Pericarditis.
Aceruloplasminemia : Aceruloplasminemia is categorized as a rare disease. If you su...
Achalasia : Achalasia is categorized as a rare disease. Achalasia is a rare esophag...
Achalasia Cardiae : See Achalasia.
Acheiropodia : Acheiropodia is categorized as a rare disease. Acheiropodia as a syn...
Acheiropody : See Acheiropodia.
Achondroplasia : Achondroplasia is categorized as a rare disease. If you suffer fro...
acid lipase deficiency : See Wolman Disease.
Acid Maltase Deficiency : See Glycogen Storage Disease Type 2.
Ackerman Syndrome : Ackerman Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Ackerman Sy...
Acne : See SAPHO Syndrome.
Acoustic Neuroma : Acoustic Neuroma is categorized as a rare disease. Acoustic neur...
Acquired Epileptic Aphasia : See Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.
Acquired Hemophilia : Acquired Hemophilia is categorized as a rare disease. If you ...
Acquired hypogammaglobulinemia : See Common Variable Immunodeficiency.
Acrania : See Acalvaria.
Acrocephalosyndactyly : See Apert Syndrome.
acrocephalosyndactyly type 3 : See Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome.
acrocephalosyndactyly type III : See Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome.
Acrodermatitis Enteropathica : Acrodermatitis Enteropathica is categorized as a rar...
Acrofacial Dysostosis, Rodriguez Type : Acrofacial Dysostosis, Rodriguez Type is cat...
Acrofacial Syndrome : See Acrofacial Dysostosis, Rodriguez Type.
Acromegaly : Acromegaly is categorized as a rare disease. Acromegaly is a rare diso...
ACS III : See Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome.
Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis : Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis is cate...
Acute Hepatic Porphyria : Acute Hepatic Porphyria is categorized as a rare disease....
Acute IH : See Pseudotumor Cerebri.
Acute Interstitial Pneumonia : Acute Interstitial Pneumonia is categorized as a rar...
Acute Lipodermatosclerosis : See Lipodermatosclerosis.
Acute Lymphatic Leukemia : See Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia : Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia is categorized as a rar...
Acute Motor Axonal Neuropathy : See Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Acute Motor Sensory Axonal Neuropathy : See Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Acute Non-Lymphoblastic Leukemia : Acute Non-Lymphoblastic Leukemia is categorized ...
Acute nonlymphoblastic leukemia : See Acute Non-Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Acute Progranulocytic Leukemia : See Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia : Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia is categorized as a rar...
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome : Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome is catego...
Acute Retinal Necrosis : Acute Retinal Necrosis is categorized as a rare disease. A...
Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy : Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy is cate...
AD/HD : See Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Adactylia Unilateral Dominant : Adactylia Unilateral Dominant is categorized as a r...
Adams-Oliver Syndrome : Adams-Oliver Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Ada...
ADCA : See Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxia.
AdCC : See Adenoid Cystic Cancer.
Addison : See Addison´s Disease.
Addison Disease with Cerebral Sclerosis : See Adrenomyeloneuropathy.
Addison´s Disease : Addison´s Disease is categorized as a rare disease. Addis...
Addison-Schilder Disease : See Adrenoleukodystrophy.
Addisons : See Addison´s Disease.
Addisons Disease : See Addison´s Disease.
ADEM : See Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis.
Adenocyst : See Adenoid Cystic Cancer.
adenocystic : See Adenoid Cystic Cancer.
Adenoid Cystic Cancer : Adenoid Cystic Cancer is categorized as a rare disease. Ade...
adenoidcystic : See Adenoid Cystic Cancer.
ADHD : See Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
ADHD predominantly inattentive : ADHD predominantly inattentive is one of the three...
ADHD-I : See ADHD predominantly inattentive.
ADHD-PI : See ADHD predominantly inattentive.
Adhesive Arachnomisis Syndrome : See Arachnoiditis.
Adie Syndrome : Adie Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Adie Syndrome is a ...
Adie´s Tonic Pupil : See Adie Syndrome.
Adies Tonic Pupil : See Adie Syndrome.
Adiposis Dolorosa : Adiposis Dolorosa is categorized as a rare disease. Adiposis Do...
Adjustment disorder : In psychology, adjustment disorder (AD) is a classification o...
adrenal cortex cancer : See Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
adrenal cortical carcinoma : See Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
Adrenocortical Carcinoma : Adrenocortical Carcinoma is categorized as a rare diseas...
Adrenoleukodystrophy : Adrenoleukodystrophy is categorized as a rare disease. Adren...
Adrenomyeloneuropathy : Adrenomyeloneuropathy is categorized as a rare disease. Adr...
adult intestinal toxemia : See Botulism.
Adult Onset Still´s Disease : Adult Onset Still´s Disease is categorized as a...
Adult Onset Stills Disease : See Adult Onset Still´s Disease.
adult respiratory distress syndrome : See Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
Adult T-lymphotropic virus : See Human T-Lymphotropic Virus.
Adult-Onset Diabetes : See Diabetes Mellitus Type 2.
Advanced sleep phase syndrome : Advanced sleep phase syndrome (ASPS), also known as...
AEZ : See Acrodermatitis Enteropathica.
Afib : See Atrial Fibrillation.
Afzelius’ Syndrome : See Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia.
Agenesis of Corpus Callosum with Facial Anomalies : See Toriello-Carey Syndrome.
Agnosia : See Associative Agnosia.
Agoraphobia : Agoraphobia (from Greek aγορά, "marketplace"; and φόβος/φοβία, -phobi...
AIC : See Aicardi Syndrome.
Aicardi Syndrome : Aicardi Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Aicardi Syndr...
AIPD : See Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis.
AIS : See Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.
Alagille syndrome : Alagille syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Alagille sy...
Alalia literalis : See Stuttering.
Alalia syllabaris : See Stuttering.
Albers-Schonberg disease : See Malignant Osteopetrosis.
Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy : Albright Hereditary Osteodystrophy is categori...
alcaptonuria : See Alkaptonuria.
ALD : See Adrenoleukodystrophy.
Aleijadinhos : See Acheiropodia.
Alexander disease : Alexander disease is categorized as a rare disease. Alexander d...
Alfi´s Syndrome : See Monosomy 9p.
Alfis Syndrome : See Monosomy 9p.
Alibert-Bazin Syndrome : See Mycosis Fungoides.
Alkaptonuria : Alkaptonuria is categorized as a rare disease. Alkaptonuria is a rar...
ALL : See Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Allergic granulomatosis : See Churg-Strauss Syndrome.
Alobar holoprosencephaly : See Holoprosencephaly.
Alopecia Totalis : Alopecia Totalis is categorized as a rare disease. Alopecia Tota...
ALP : See Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia.
Alpers syndrome : Alpers syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Alpers syndrome...
Alpha-1 : See Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency : Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency is categorized as a...
Alpha-Mannosidosis : Alpha-Mannosidosis is categorized as a rare disease. Alpha-Man...
Alpha-Sarcoglycanopathy : Alpha-Sarcoglycanopathy is categorized as a rare disease....
Alport syndrome : Alport syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Alport syndrome...
ALS : See Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Alstrom Syndrome : See Alström Syndrome.
Alström Syndrome : Alström Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Alstrom Syndr...
ALX : See Alexander disease.
Alzheimer disease : See Alzheimer´s disease.
Alzheimer´s : See Alzheimer´s disease.
Alzheimer´s disease : Alzheimer´s disease (AD), also called Alzheimer disease...
AMAN : See Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Amaurosis congenita de Leber : See Leber´s Congenital Amaurosis.
Amaurosis congenita of Leber : See Leber´s Congenital Amaurosis.
AMC : See Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita.
Ameloblastoma : Ameloblastoma is categorized as a rare disease. Ameloblastoma is a ...
Ameloblastomic Carcinoma : See Ameloblastoma.
Amelogenesis Imperfecta, Nephrocalcinosis : Amelogenesis Imperfecta, Nephrocalcinosi...
AMN : See Adrenomyeloneuropathy.
Amnesia : See Amnestic disorder.
Amnestic disorder : Amnesia (from Greek Ἀμνησία) iss a memory condition in which me...
Amniotic Band Syndrome : Amniotic Band Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. A...
AMSAN : See Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Amyloidosis : Amyloidosis is categorized as a rare disease. Amyloidosis is a rare b...
Amylopectinosis : See Glycogen storage disease type 4.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis : Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is categorized as a r...
Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma : Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma is categorized as a rar...
Anarthria literalis : See Stuttering.
Andersen syndrome : See Andersen Tawil Syndrome.
Andersen Tawil Syndrome : Andersen Tawil Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease....
Andersen´s disease : See Glycogen storage disease type 4.
Anderson-Fabry Disease : See Fabry Disease.
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome : Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome is categorized as...
Androgen Resistance Syndrome : See Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome.
Anencephaly : Anencephaly is categorized as a rare disease. If you suffer from a ra...
Angelman Syndrome : Angelman Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Angelman sy...
Angioedema : Angioedema is categorized as a rare disease. Angioedema is a rare diso...
Angiokeratoma Corporis Diffusum : See Fabry Disease.
Angiomyomatous Hamartoma : Angiomyomatous Hamartoma is categorized as a rare diseas...
Angioneurotic Edema : See Angioedema.
Angiooedema : See Angioedema.
Angiosarcoma : Angiosarcoma is categorized as a rare disease. Angiosarcoma is a rar...
Anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia : See Christ-Siemens-Touraine Syndrome.
Aniridia : Aniridia is categorized as a rare disease. Aniridia is a rare disorder c...
Anisakiasis : Anisakiasis is categorized as a rare disease. If you suffer from a ra...
Ankylosing Spondylitis : Ankylosing Spondylitis is categorized as a rare disease. A...
Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia : See Anophthalmia-Microphthalmia, Isolated.
Anophthalmia-Microphthalmia, Isolated : Anophthalmia-Microphthalmia, Isolated is cat...
Anophthalmos and Microphthalmos : See Anophthalmia-Microphthalmia, Isolated.
Anorectal malformation : Anorectal malformation is categorized as a rare disease. I...
Anorexia nervosa : Anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness that describes an eati...
Anorgasmia : Anorgasmia (often related to delayed ejaculation in males) is a form o...
Anti JO-1 Syndrome : See Antisynthetase Syndrome.
Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease : See Goodpasture´s Syndrome.
Anti-Synthetase Syndrome : See Antisynthetase Syndrome.
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome : See Antiphospholipid Syndrome.
Antiphospholipid Syndrome : Antiphospholipid Syndrome is categorized as a rare dise...
Antisocial personality disorder : Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD or APD) is ...
Antisynthetase Syndrome : Antisynthetase Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease....
Antithrombin III deficiency : See Thrombophilia.
Anxiety : Anxiety is a psychological and physiological state characterized by cogni...
Anxiety disorder : Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different fo...
anxious personality disorder : See Avoidant personality disorder.
Aortic arch interruption : Aortic arch interruption is categorized as a rare diseas...
Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease : Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease is categorized as a rar...
AOSD : See Adult Onset Still´s Disease.
APD : See Antisocial personality disorder.
APECED : See Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome Type 1.
Apert Syndrome : Apert Syndrome is categorized as a rare disease. Apert Syndrome is...
Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder : See Landau-Kleffner Syndrome.
Aplastic Anaemia : See Aplastic Anemia.
Aplastic Anemia : Aplastic Anemia is categorized as a rare disease. Aplastic Anemia...
APLS : See Antiphospholipid Syndrome.
Apodysophilia : See Exhibitionism.
Appendiceal Cancer : See Appendix Cancer.
Appendix Cancer : Appendix Cancer is categorized as a rare disease. Appendix Cancer...
Apple Peel Syndrome : See Jejunal Atresia.
APS : See Antiphospholipid Syndrome.
APS1 : See Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome Type 1.
Aquagenic Pruritus : Aquagenic Pruritus is categorized as a rare disease. Aquagenic...
Arachnoid Cyst : Arachnoid Cyst is categorized as a rare disease. Arachnoid Cysts a...
arachnoidal fibroblastoma : See Meningioma.
Arachnoiditis : Arachnoiditis is categorized as a rare disease. Arachnoiditis is a ...
ARCA1 : See Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia.
ARDS : See Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
arhinencephaly : See Holoprosencephaly.
ARN : See Acute Retinal Necrosis.
Arnold-Chiari Malformation : Arnold-Chiari Malformation is categorized as a rare di...
ARPKD : See Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy : See Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dyspla...
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia : Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dyspl...
Arterio-Venous Malformation : See Arteriovenous Malformation.
Arteriovenous Malformation : Arteriovenous Malformation is categorized as a rare di...
Arthritis-Related Enthesitis : Arthritis-Related Enthesitis is categorized as a rar...
Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita : Arthrogryposis Multiplex Congenita is categori...
ARVC : See Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
ARVD : See Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
Arylsulfatase A Deficiency : See Metachromatic Leukodystrophy.
ASD : See Adult Onset Still´s Disease.
Aseptic Necrosis : See Avascular Necrosis.
Askin´s Tumor : Askin´s Tumor is categorized as a rare disease. Askin’s Tumor...
Askin´s Tumour : See Askin´s Tumor.
Askins Tumor : See Askin´s Tumor.
Askins Tumour : See Askin´s Tumor.
ASPD : See Antisocial personality disorder.
Asperger disorder : See Asperger syndrome.
Asperger syndrome : Asperger syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder, and people wi...
Asperger´s : See Asperger Syndrome.
Asperger´s Disorder : See Asperger Syndrome.
Asperger´s Syndrome : See Asperger Syndrome.
Asphyxiating Thoracic Dystrophy : See Jeune Syndrome.
ASPS : See Advanced sleep phase syndrome.
Associative Agnosia : Associative Agnosia is categorized as a rare disease. Associa...
Ataxia Telangiectasia : Ataxia Telangiectasia is categorized as a rare disease. Ata...
ATC : See Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma.
ATLV : See Human T-Lymphotropic Virus.
ATP : See Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
Atrial Fibrillation : Atrial Fibrillation is categorized as a rare disease. Atrial ...
Atrioventricular Canal Defect : Atrioventricular Canal Defect is categorized as a r...
ATS : See Andersen Tawil Syndrome.
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder : Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder...
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder NOS : See Attention-deficit hyperactivity ...
Atypical coarctation of aorta : Atypical coarctation of aorta is categorized as a r...
Atypical Odontalgia : Atypical Odontalgia is categorized as a rare disease. Atypica...
Atypical TB : See Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.
atypical Tuberculosis : See Nontuberculous Mycobacteria.
Autism : Autism is a disorder of neural development that is characterized by impair...
Autism disorder : See Autism.
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anaemia : See Cold Agglutinin Disease.
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia : See Cold Agglutinin Disease.
Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome : See Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome, Type 2.
Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome, Type 2 : Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome, Type ...
Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy : See Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome Type 1.
Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome Type 1 : Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndr...
Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Type I : See Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy Syndrome T...
Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis : Autoimmune Progesterone Dermatitis is categori...
Autoimmune Thrombocytopenic Purpura : See Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
Autosomal dominant : See Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease.
Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxia : Autosomal Dominant Cerebellar Ataxia is cate...
Autosomal dominant Osteopetrosis : See Benign Osteopetrosis.
autosomal recessive : See Medullary Cystic Kidney Disease.
Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia : Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia is ca...
Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia Type 1 : See Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar A...
Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease : Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidn...
Avascular Necrosis : Avascular Necrosis is categorized as a rare disease. Avascular...
AVCD : See Atrioventricular Canal Defect.
AVM : See Arteriovenous Malformation.
Avoidant personality disorder : Avoidant personality disorder (AvPD) (or anxious pe...
AvPD : See Avoidant personality disorder.
AVSD : See Atrioventricular Canal Defect.
Axenfeld syndrome : See Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome.
Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome : Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome is categorized as a rare diseas...
Axenfeld’s posterior embryotoxon-juvenile glaucoma : See Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome.
AZOOR : See Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy.
Azoospermia sinopulmonary infections : See Young´s Syndrome.
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