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• Crigler-Najjar syndrome Date: Aug 11, 2008

  Crigler-Najjar syndrome is an inherited disorder in which bilirubin (a substance made by the liver) cannot be changed into its water-soluble form, bilirubin glucuronide. This causes jaundice (yellow discoloration of skin and eyes) and organ malfunctions.

• Diphtheria Date: Jun 17, 2008

  Diphtheria is an acute infectious disease caused by the bacteria Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

• DTaP immunization (vaccine) Date: Jun 17, 2008

  DTaP immunization is a vaccine that protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (whooping cough).

• Neuroblastoma Date: Jun 10, 2008

  Neuroblastoma is a malignant (cancerous) tumor that develops from nerve tissue. It occurs in infants and children.

• Tooth formation - delayed or absent Date: May 28, 2008

  Delayed or absent tooth formation; Teeth - delayed or absent formation

• Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation Date: May 20, 2008

  ECMO; Heart-lung bypass - infants; Bypass - infants

• Pulmonary valve stenosis Date: May 15, 2008

  Pulmonary valve stenosis is a condition in which the flow of blood from the heart (right ventricle, or lower chamber) is blocked at the valve that separates the heart from the pulmonary artery (pulmonic valve). This narrowing is usually present at birth (congenital).

• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia Date: May 15, 2008

  Congenital adrenal hyperplasia refers to a group of inherited disorders of the adrenal gland.

• Canavan disease Date: May 15, 2008

  Canavan disease is an inherited condition that affects the breakdown and use (metabolism) of aspartic acid.