Bradykinin-induced angioedema is sudden, deep swelling of the skin or the lining of the mouth, throat, gut, or genitals that happens because the body has too ...
Dr. Nadia Falah, MD - Clinical Genetics, Genomics, Cytogenetics, Biochemical Genetics Specialist
Acquired angioneurotic edema (often shortened to acquired angioedema) is a rare condition where sudden, deep swelling happens in the skin, lips, tongue, ...
Agranulocytosis means the number of neutrophils (the main germ-fighting white blood cells) in your blood becomes extremely low. Doctors usually define it as an ...
Adult-onset immunodeficiency with anti-interferon-gamma autoantibodies is a rare condition that starts in adulthood. In this condition, the body makes ...
Acquired adult-onset immunodeficiency means a person who was healthy as a child now develops a weak immune system later in life. “Acquired” means it happens ...
A vestibular schwannoma is a slow-growing, non-cancerous (benign) tumor that starts from Schwann cells. These cells normally “wrap” the balance and hearing ...
A neurinoma of the acoustic nerve is a benign (non-cancerous) tumor that grows from the Schwann cells that wrap and protect the vestibular (balance) part of ...
An acoustic schwannoma is a benign (non-cancerous) tumor that grows from Schwann cells—the cells that wrap and protect the vestibular (balance) part of the ...
A neurilemmoma, also called a schwannoma, is a benign (non-cancerous) tumor that grows from Schwann cells. Schwann cells wrap around nerves in the body and ...
Acoustic neuroma is a benign (non-cancerous) nerve sheath tumor that grows from Schwann cells. Schwann cells are the support cells that wrap around nerves and ...
Pyramidal molar–glaucoma–upper abnormal lip syndrome is an ultra-rare, inherited condition that affects teeth, the eyes, and the upper lip. It is also called ...
Ackerman fused molar root syndrome (often called Ackerman syndrome) is a very rare, inherited condition in which the back teeth (molars) develop unusual root ...
Ackerman syndrome most commonly refers to an extremely rare, inherited developmental (congenital) condition that affects the teeth, lips/philtrum (the groove ...
Achromatopsia Type 3 is a rare eye condition that you are born with. It happens because of changes (mutations) in a gene called CNGB3. This gene tells the cone ...
Achromatopsia 2 (ACHM2) is a genetic eye condition that starts from birth. It mainly affects the cone cells in the retina, which are the light-sensing cells ...
Pingelapese blindness is a rare, inherited eye condition. People with it see the world in shades of gray. They cannot see color. Bright light hurts their eyes ...
Incomplete color blindness means a person’s eyes and brain do not read color in the usual way. Colors may look faded, mixed up, or too similar. Most people ...
Mitochondria it’s a big word for tiny structures found in almost every human cell. But, as researchers are learning, these capsule-shaped structures likely ...
Chondrodystrophia (often called chondrodystrophy) is not one single disease. It is a group of rare conditions where the cartilage in a growing child does not ...
Achondroplasia is a genetic bone growth condition. It mainly affects the long bones of the arms and legs. The word means “without cartilage growth,” but the ...
