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Graves overproduction of thyroid hormones; exophthalmic goiter Robert Graves1796-1853
Crohn inflammatory bowel disease; cobblestone ulceration Burrill Crohn, 1884-1983
Lou Gehrig amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; death of neurons in brain and spinal cord; stiff muscles Lou Gehrig, 1903-1941
Lyme infectious bacterial disease; most common disease spread by ticks. Old Lyme, Connecticut
Hodgkin cancer of the lymphatic tissue Thomas Hodgkin 1797-1865
Shepherd's fracture fracture of the lateral tubercle process of the posterior talus
Side-swipe fracture COMMINUTED fracture of the ELBOW sustained by severe DIRECT TRAUMA to the elbow protruding from the window of an automobile
Clay-shoveler’s (coal-shoveler’s) Fracture an avulsion fracture of the lower cervical or upper thoracic spinous processes. This injury can be seen in trauma and sports-related activity, and usually responds to rest from painful activity
Hill-Sachs impaction fracture an injury to the back portion of the rounded top of your upper arm bone (humerus)
Holstein-Lewis fracture spiral fractures of the distal third of the humeral shaft that often entrap the radial nerve as it traverses the distal humerus.
Alzheimer chronic neurodegenerative disease; most common form of dementia
Apgar summarizes the health of the newborn (appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration)
Asperger difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication; autism spectrum disorder
Raynaud vasospasms (decrease blood supply to affected regions)
Tourette neuropsychiatric disorder; childhood onset
West Nile virus virus transmitted by mosquitos: mild to severe symptoms
Wilms malignant kidney tumor containing developing (germ) cells
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