What WOLMAN'S DISEASE means: Wolman's Disease - (also known as Wolman's syndrome, and acid lipase deficiency) is a rare lipid storage disease that is usually fatal at a very young age. Infants may be normal and active at birth but quickly develop progressive mental deterioration, hepatosplenomegaly, distended abdomen, gastrointestinal problems including steatorrhea, jaundice, anemia, vomiting and calcium deposits in the adrenal glands, causing them to harden.
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- Dictionary common name for neck sprains, such as those caused by hyper extension/flexion injury to the cervical, thoracic or lumbar spines. The injury is referred to as "whiplash" due to the neck or wolman's disease definition.
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- Dictionary Disease - is a rare infectious disease that typically infects the bowel. It causes malabsorption primarily but may affect any part of the body including the heart, lungs, brain, joints, and eyes. It wolman's disease explain.
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- Dictionary Disease - (also known as "Infantile spinal muscular atrophy", "spinal muscular atrophy type 1", or "spinal muscular atrophy type I") is an autosomal recessive muscular wolman's disease what is.
- Definition Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome:
- Dictionary Syndrome - Wernicke's encephalopathy is a degenerative brain disorder caused by the lack of thiamine (vitamin B1). It may result from alcohol abuse, dietary deficiencies, prolonged vomiting wolman's disease meaning.
