Archives: Conditions A-Z

Von Willebrand disease

The most common inherited bleeding disorder; treatment depends on type and ranges from desmopressin to factor concentrate.

Wilms tumor

Commonest childhood kidney cancer.

X-linked agammaglobulinemia

Failure of B-cell maturation with near-absent immunoglobulins and recurrent bacterial infections.

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

Triad of eczema, microthrombocytopenia and immunodeficiency.

Xeroderma pigmentosum

Defective nucleotide-excision repair with extreme UV sensitivity and very high skin cancer risk.

X-linked hypophosphatemia

Commonest inherited rickets from FGF23 excess and renal phosphate wasting.

Migraine

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Epilepsy

What is Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures caused by abnormal electrical activity in…