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Aphalangia
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Aphalangia means a baby is born without one or more phalanges, the small bones that make up the fingers and toes. It can involve one digit or several, and the ...

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Aphalangy-Syndactyly-Microcephaly (ASM) Syndrome
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Aphalangy-Syndactyly-Microcephaly (ASM) syndrome is an ultra-rare genetic condition that mainly affects the hands, feet, and head size. “Aphalangy” means some ...

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Johnson–Munson Syndrome
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Johnson–Munson syndrome is an extremely rare birth condition first described in two siblings, and later recognized as a triad of problems: (1) missing or very ...

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Aphalangy–Hemivertebrae–Urogenital–Intestinal Dysgenesis (A/H/U/I Dysgenesis)
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Aphalangy–Hemivertebrae–Urogenital–Intestinal Dysgenesis (A/H/U/I dysgenesis)—also called Johnson–Munson syndrome is an extremely rare birth condition. It was ...

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Aphalangy-Hemivertebrae-Urogenital-Intestinal Dysgenesis Syndrome
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Aphalangy-hemivertebrae-urogenital-intestinal dysgenesis syndrome is an extremely rare birth disorder. Children are born with missing or very small finger and ...

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Type I Acrocephalosyndactyly (Apert Syndrome)
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Type I acrocephalosyndactyly—better known as Apert syndrome—is a rare, inherited condition that affects how the skull, face, hands, and feet grow. In Apert ...

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Interrupted Aortic Arch (IAA)
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Aortic arch interruption means the main artery leaving the heart—the aorta—has a gap in the arch. The arch should be a smooth curve that carries blood from the ...

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Aortic Arch Defects
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Aortic arch defects are birth (congenital) problems in the curved part of the main artery (the aorta) as it leaves the heart and travels toward the body. In a ...

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Aortic Arch Anomaly Facial Dysmorphism Intellectual Disability Syndrome
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Aortic arch anomaly–facial dysmorphism–intellectual disability syndrome is a very rare congenital (present at birth) condition that combines a right-sided ...

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MYH11 Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection (FTAAD)
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MYH11 familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection is an inherited condition that weakens the wall of the thoracic aorta (the big artery in your ...

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Aortic Aneurysm Familial Thoracic 4 (TAAD4)
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Aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 4 (TAAD4) is a specific, inherited form of disease that weakens the wall of the thoracic aorta (the large artery leaving the ...

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Coarctation of the Aorta
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Coarctation of the aorta means there is a narrowed segment in the body’s main artery (the aorta). Because the tube is tighter in one area, the heart must pump ...

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Trapezoidocephaly Synostosis Syndrome
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Trapezoidocephaly-synostosis syndrome is a rare genetic condition that affects how a baby’s skull and bones grow before birth. In this condition, one or more ...

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Antley-Bixler Syndrome (ABS)
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Antley-Bixler syndrome is a rare genetic condition that affects how the skull, face, arms, legs, and some internal organs form before birth. The skull bones ...

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Anti-Jo-1 Syndrome
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Anti-Jo-1 syndrome is an autoimmune condition. Your immune system makes a specific autoantibody called anti-Jo-1 that targets an enzyme in your cells ...

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Antisynthetase Syndrome
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Antisynthetase syndrome (ASyS) is a rare autoimmune disease. Your immune system makes antibodies against enzymes called aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. These ...

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Hughes Syndrome
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Hughes syndrome—also called antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)—is an autoimmune condition in which the body makes antibodies that mistakenly target proteins bound ...

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Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Associated Vasculitis (AAV)
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Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis—shortened to AAV—is a group of rare autoimmune diseases where a person’s immune system makes ...

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Anti-HLA Hyperimmunization
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Anti-HLA hyperimmunization means a person’s immune system has made very high levels of antibodies against other people’s HLA proteins (human leukocyte ...

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Goodpasture Syndrome (Anti-GBM Disease)
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Goodpasture syndrome—also called anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease—is a rare, fast-moving autoimmune disease. The immune system makes ...

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