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Hansen's disease
(Encyclopedia)Hansen's disease: see leprosy.Bright's disease
(Encyclopedia)Bright's disease: see nephritis. ...Brill's disease
(Encyclopedia)Brill's disease: see typhus.celiac disease
(Encyclopedia)celiac disease: see sprue.Graves' disease
(Encyclopedia)Graves' disease: see thyroid gland. ...bonecrusher disease
(Encyclopedia)bonecrusher disease: see dengue fever. ...Cushing's disease
(Encyclopedia)Cushing's disease: see Cushing, Harvey Williams. ...Masters disease
(Encyclopedia)Masters disease: see southern tick-associated rash illness. ...autoimmune disease
(Encyclopedia)autoimmune disease, any of a number of abnormal conditions caused when the body produces antibodies to its own substances. In rheumatoid arthritis, a group of antibody molecules called collectively RF...Tay-Sachs disease
(Encyclopedia)Tay-Sachs disease tāˈ-săksˈ [key], rare hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation that leaves the body unable to produce an enzyme necessary for fat metabolism in nerve cells, producing cent...Browse by Subject
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