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Multiple Birthmarks

Multiple birthmarks means a person has more than one mark on the skin that was present at birth or appeared in the first years of life....

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Christian Brachydactyly

Christian brachydactyly is a very rare birth condition that affects the hands and feet. “Brachydactyly” means short fingers or toes. “Preaxial” means the thumb side of...

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Brachydactyly Type E

Brachydactyly type E is a birth condition where some of the long bones in the hands and feet are shorter than usual. The bones most often...

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Brachydactyly Type A7 (BDA7)

Brachydactyly type A7 (BDA7) is a very rare birth condition where some bones of the fingers and toes are shorter or shaped differently than usual. Doctors...

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Brachymesophalangy II and V

Brachymesophalangy means a short middle finger bone (middle phalanx). When doctors say “II and V”, they mean it affects the 2nd finger (index finger = II)...

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Brachydactyly type A4

Brachydactyly type A4 is a birth difference of the hands and feet where certain finger and toe bones are short or missing. In BDA4, the middle...

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Bonnemann–Meinecke–Reich Syndrome

Bonnemann–Meinecke–Reich syndrome is an ultra-rare condition with multiple birth anomalies and early brain dysfunction. It typically shows up in the first year of life with slow...

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Bloom–Torre–Machacek Syndrome

Bloom–Torre–Machacek syndrome is a rare, inherited condition. It affects growth, skin, the immune system, and cancer risk. Children are small at birth. They stay much shorter...

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Blepharocheilodontic Syndrome

Blepharocheilodontic syndrome is a rare genetic condition that is present at birth. It mainly affects the eyelids (blepharo-), the upper lip (-cheilo-), and the teeth (-dontic)....

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Paediatric Granulomatous Arthritis (PGA)

Paediatric granulomatous arthritis (PGA) is a rare, inherited, autoinflammatory disease that begins in early childhood. “Autoinflammatory” means the child’s innate immune system becomes too active without...

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Congenital Ectopic Bladder

Congenital ectopic bladder means a baby is born with the bladder sitting partly or fully outside the lower belly. The belly wall, pelvic bones, and urinary...

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Binder Syndrome

Binder syndrome is a rare, birth-present (congenital) condition in which the middle part of the face and the nose do not grow normally. The front of...

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Nuclear Jaundice

Nuclear jaundice means brain injury in a newborn caused by very high levels of unconjugated bilirubin (the yellow pigment that makes newborns look jaundiced). When bilirubin...

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Perinatal Biliary Atresia

Perinatal biliary atresia is a disease of newborn babies. The small tubes that carry bile from the liver to the intestine are damaged and blocked. Bile...

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