Childhood Diseases & Disorders, WHO-ZEL

Although the diseases of childhood are largely similar to those of the adult, there are several important differences. Certain specific disorders are unique to children; others, such as acute nephritis—inflammation of the kidney—are common in children and infrequent in adults. Additionally, a major segment of pediatric care concerns the treatment and prevention of congenital anomalies, both functional and structural.
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whooping cough
whooping cough, acute, highly communicable respiratory disease characterized in its typical form by paroxysms of......
XYY-trisomy
XYY-trisomy, relatively common human sex chromosome anomaly in which a male has two Y chromosomes rather than one.......
Zellweger syndrome
Zellweger syndrome, congenital disorder characterized by complete absence or reduction in the number of peroxisomes......

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