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Balantidiasis is defined as large-intestinal infection with Balantidium coli. B coli are known to parasitize the colon, and pigs may be its primary reservoir. Most cases of balantidiasis in individuals are asymptomatic.

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Tooth Abscess

A tooth abscess also known as root abscess is pus enclosed in the tissues surrounding the jaw bone at the tip of an infected tooth.

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Emergency Care for an Accidental Amputation

Amputation is the removal of a body part. This can be done because of diabetes complications. However, amputation may also happen during an accident. An amputation may be complete (the body part is completely removed) or partial (much of the body part is removed but it remains attached to the rest of the body).

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Jarcho Levin Syndrome

Jarcho-Levin syndrome is congenital disorder of the skeleton characterized by spinal column abnormalities, dwarfism and a swollen abdomen as well as other anomalies.

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XXY Syndrome

XXY syndrome or 47, XXY condition is also known as Klinefelter's syndrome is a condition in which males possess extra X sex chromosome in their genotype.

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Davidson Disease

Davidson's disease is the other name for the Microvillus inclusion disease. The condition is also referred as congenital microvillus atrophy and sometimes also called as microvillus atrophy. It is a rare genetic disorder of the small intestine in which there is absence of microvilli which serve as an important medium for absorption of various digested food.

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Acanthocheilonemiasis

Acanthocheilonemiasis is a rare tropical infectious disease caused by a parasite known as Acanthocheilonema perstans.

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Absence Defect of Limbs Scalp and Skull

Absence Defect of Limbs Scalp and Skull or Adams Oliver Syndrome is also known as Congenital Scalp Defects with Distal Limb Reduction Anomalies or Aplasia Cutis Congenita with Terminal Transverse Limb Defects. It is an extremely rare inherited disorder in which patients has defects of the scalp and abnormalities of the fingers, toes, arms, and/or legs.

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Keratolysis Exfoliativa Congenita

Keratolysis exfoliativa congenita is a rare skin disorder characterized by superficial peeling of the skin of the palms and soles in the absence of inflammation.

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Kenny Disease

Kenny Disease is a very rare inherited skeletal disorder involving thickening of the long bones of the body and with the abnormalities of the head.

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