Acral Peeling Skin Syndrome is a rare genetic skin condition. The top layer of the skin (the outermost “dead” layer) peels off easily. It usually happens on ...
Dr. Nadia Falah, MD - Clinical Genetics, Genomics, Cytogenetics, Biochemical Genetics Specialist
Acquired von Willebrand syndrome (AVWS) is a bleeding problem that starts later in life. It is not inherited from parents. It happens because another disease ...
Acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (aTTP) is a rare, life-threatening blood disorder. Your blood contains a protein–enzyme called ADAMTS13. In aTTP, ...
Polycythaemia vera is a long-lasting blood cancer. Your bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. Sometimes white cells and platelets are high too. The blood ...
Osler–Vaquez disease is an old name for polycythemia vera (PV). PV is a long-lasting blood disease where the bone marrow makes too many red blood cells. ...
Acquired primary erythrocytosis means your body has too many red blood cells because of a problem that starts inside the bone marrow itself, and this problem ...
Acquired polycythemia vera (PV) is a chronic blood cancer of the bone marrow in which the body makes too many red blood cells. Many people with PV also make ...
Progressive cephalothoracic lipodystrophy is a rare body-fat loss disorder. “Progressive” means it slowly gets worse over time. “Cephalo-thoracic” means it ...
Barraquer-Simons syndrome is a very rare condition where body fat slowly disappears from the upper half of the body—first the face, then the neck, shoulders, ...
Acquired partial lipodystrophy (APL) is a rare body-fat disorder that starts after birth (so it is acquired, not present at birth). People gradually lose the ...
Idiopathic inflammatory myositis is a condition where your immune system mistakenly attacks your muscles. This attack makes the muscles swell and get sore. ...
Acquired idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) is a group of rare diseases where your immune system wrongly attacks your own muscles. “Acquired” means it ...
Acquired hypertrichosis lanuginosa (AHL) is a rare condition in adults. Very fine, soft, light-colored “baby-like” hair (lanugo) grows suddenly on the face and ...
Lawrence–Seip syndrome—also called Berardinelli–Seip congenital lipodystrophy (BSCL) or congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL)—is a very rare, inherited ...
Lawrence syndrome is another name for acquired generalized lipodystrophy (AGL). In this rare condition, a person who was born with normal body fat gradually ...
Acquired lipoatrophic diabetes is a rare condition where a person gradually loses most or all of their body fat after birth. Because fat tissue is missing, the ...
Acquired generalized lipodystrophy (AGL) is a rare condition where a person gradually loses almost all body fat under the skin (subcutaneous fat) after birth. ...
Acquired epidermolysis bullosa (EBA) is a rare autoimmune skin disease. “Autoimmune” means your immune system accidentally attacks part of your own body. In ...
Acquired non-histamine-induced angioedema is sudden, deep swelling that happens in the skin, lips, tongue, throat, gut, or genitals. It is acquired, which ...
Acquired C1 inhibitor deficiency is a problem of the body’s natural “brakes” for swelling. The C1 inhibitor (often written as C1-INH) is a protein in your ...
