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Disorders

v • d • e Pervasive developmental disorders / Autism spectrum
Main	Causes • Comorbid conditions • Epidemiology • Heritability • Sociological and cultural aspects • Therapies
Diagnoses	Asperger syndrome • Autism • Childhood disintegrative disorder • Fragile X syndrome • Multiple-complex Developmental Disorder • PDD-NOS • Rett syndrome • Semantic pragmatic disorder
Controversies	Autism rights movement • Autistic enterocolitis • Chelation • MMR vaccine controversy • Neurodiversity • Refrigerator mother • Thiomersal controversy
Lists	Autism-related topics • Fictional characters • Further reading on Asperger syndrome • People on the autistic spectrum • People speculated to have been autistic
Groups	Aspies For Freedom • Autism Society of America • Autism Speaks • Generation Rescue • National Autism Association • National Autistic Society • Safe Minds • Wrong Planet

v • d • e Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P, 760-779)
Maternal factors and complications	Umbilical cord prolapse - Nuchal cord - Chorioamnionitis
Length of gestation and fetal growth	Small for gestational age - Large for gestational age - Premature birth - Postmature birth
Birth trauma	Cephalhematoma - Brachial plexus lesion (Erb's palsy, Klumpke paralysis)
Respiratory and cardiovascular	Intrauterine hypoxia - Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Transient tachypnea of the newborn - Meconium aspiration syndrome - Pneumomediastinum - Wilson-Mikity syndrome - Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Haemorrhagic and haematological	Hemorrhagic disease of newborn - Hemolytic disease of the newborn - Rh disease - Hydrops fetalis - Kernicterus - Neonatal jaundice
Digestive system	Ileus - Necrotizing enterocolitis
Integument and temperature regulation	Erythema toxicum
Other disorders	Periventricular leukomalacia - Congenital hypertonia - Congenital hypotonia - Congenital rubella syndrome

Congenital Diseases

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of circulatory system (Q20-Q28, 745-747)
Cardiac chambers and connections	Persistent truncus arteriosus - Double outlet right ventricle (Taussig-Bing syndrome) - Transposition of the great vessels (dextro, levo)
Cardiac septa	Ventricular septal defect - Atrial septal defect (Lutembacher's syndrome) - Atrioventricular septal defect (Ostium primum) - Tetralogy of Fallot - Eisenmenger's syndrome
Right: pulmonary and tricuspid valves	pulmonary valves (stenosis, insufficiency) - tricuspid valves (stenosis, atresia) - Ebstein's anomaly
Left: aortic and mitral valves	aortic valves (stenosis, insufficiency, bicuspid) - mitral valves (stenosis, regurgitation) - Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Other congenital malformations of heart	Dextrocardia - Levocardia - Cor triatriatum
Great arteries	aorta (Patent ductus arteriosus, Aortic coarctation, Interrupted aortic arch, Overriding aorta, Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva, Vascular ring) - Pulmonary atresia
Great veins	Persistent left superior vena cava - Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection - Scimitar syndrome
Other	Arteriovenous malformation (Cerebral arteriovenous malformation)
See also non-congenital conditions (I, 390-459)

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of digestive system (Q35-Q45, 749-751)
Tongue, mouth and pharynx	Cleft lip and palate - Van der Woude syndrome - Ankyloglossia - Macroglossia - Pharyngeal pouch
Esophagus and upper alimentary tract	Esophageal atresia - Tracheoesophageal fistula - Esophageal web - Pyloric stenosis - Hiatus hernia
Intestines	Intestinal atresia (Duodenal atresia) - Imperforate anus - Meckel's diverticulum - Hirschsprung's disease - Intestinal malrotation - Persistent cloaca
Pancreas	Annular pancreas - Accessory pancreas - Pancreas divisum
Other	Choledochal cysts - Alagille syndrome
See also non-congenital (K20-K93, 530-579)

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of eye, ear, face and neck (Q10-Q18, 743-744)
Eyes	eyelid, lacrimal apparatus and orbit: Ptosis - Ectropion - Entropion - Distichia - Blepharophimosis - Congenital lacrimal duct obstruction entire eye: Anophthalmia - Microphthalmia lens: Ectopia lentis - Aphakia Aniridia - Axenfeld syndrome - Buphthalmos - Coloboma - Hydrophthalmos - Keratoglobus - Zazam Sheriff Phillips syndrome
Ears	Microtia
Other face and neck	Otocephaly - Webbed neck - Microstomia - Macrocheilia
See also non-congenital eye and ear

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of integument (Q80-Q84, 757)
Congenital ichthyosis	Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis - Harlequin type ichthyosis - Ichthyosis lamellaris - Ichthyosis vulgaris - Netherton's syndrome - X-linked ichthyosis - Zunich-Kaye syndrome
Epidermolysis bullosa	Epidermolysis bullosa simplex - Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica
Other skin disease	Hereditary lymphedema - Mastocytosis - Urticaria pigmentosa - Incontinentia pigmenti - Ectodermal dysplasia - EEM syndrome - Hay-Wells syndrome - Kindler syndrome - Port-wine stain - Cutis laxa - Darier's disease - Pseudoxanthoma elasticum DNA repair-deficiency disorder: Bloom syndrome - Rothmund-Thomson syndrome - Xeroderma pigmentosum
Nail disease	Leukonychia - Pachyonychia congenita
Malformations of breast	Amastia - Accessory breast - Athelia - Supernumerary nipple - Micromastia
Hair disease	Monilethrix - Sabinas brittle hair syndrome
see also non-congenital (L, 680-709)

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79, 754-756)
Limbs	hip: Dislocation of hip/Hip dysplasia - Upington disease feet (Club foot, Flat feet, Pes cavus) systemic dislocations Larsen syndrome head, face, spine and chest: skull, face and jaw (Dolichocephaly, Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome, Plagiocephaly) - spine Scoliosis - chest (Pectus excavatum, Pectus carinatum) any combination head, face, jaw, upper limb, lower limb, pelvis, dactyly Antley-Bixler syndrome - Schmitt Gillenwater Kelly syndrome dactyly Polydactyly/Syndactyly (Webbed toes) - Cenani Lenz syndactylism reduction deficits (Acheiropodia, Amelia, Ectrodactyly, Phocomelia) upper limb (Cleidocranial dysostosis, Madelung's deformity, Sprengel's deformity, Wallis Zieff Goldblatt syndrome) knee (Genu valgum, Genu varum) other Arthrogryposis
Skull and facial bones	Carpenter syndrome - Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia - Craniosynostosis (Scaphocephaly) - Crouzon syndrome - Hypertelorism - Macrocephaly - Oxycephaly - Platybasia - Saethre-Chotzen syndrome - Treacher Collins syndrome - Trigonocephaly
Spine and bony thorax	Klippel-Feil syndrome - Spondylolisthesis - Cervical rib - Bifid rib
Osteochondrodysplasia	developement of cartilage, tubular bones and spine: Achondrogenesis/Hypochondrogenesis - Boomerang dysplasia - Thanatophoric dysplasia - Short rib-polydactyly syndrome - Chondrodysplasia punctata (Rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata, Conradi-Hünermann syndrome), Achondroplasia (Hypochondroplasia, Osteosclerosis congenita) - Ellis-van Creveld syndrome - Otospondylomegaepiphyseal dysplasia - Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita - Osteogenesis imperfecta - McCune-Albright syndrome - Osteopetrosis - Metaphyseal dysplasia - Recessive multiple epiphyseal dysplasia - Hereditary multiple exostoses - Osteopoikilosis - Chondrodystrophy - Osteodystrophy - Atelosteogenesis, type II - Diastrophic dysplasia
Other	abdominal wall (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, Omphalocele, Gastroschisis, Prune belly syndrome) - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
See also non-congenital conditions (M, 710-739)

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of nervous system (Q00-Q07, 740-742)
Brain	Anencephaly (Acephaly, Acrania, Iniencephaly) - Encephalocele - Microcephaly - Congenital hydrocephalus (Dandy-Walker syndrome) - other reduction deformities (Holoprosencephaly, Lissencephaly, Pachygyria, Hydranencephaly) - Septo-optic dysplasia - Megalencephaly - Congenital cerebral cysts (Porencephaly, Schizencephaly) - Congenital brain tumors
Brain stem	Arnold-Chiari malformation
Spinal cord	Spina bifida - Currarino syndrome - Sacrococcygeal teratoma - Diastematomyelia - Syringomyelia
see also non-congenital CNS and PNS (G, 320-359)

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of respiratory system (Q30-Q34, 748)
Nose	Choanal atresia
Larynx	Laryngocele - Laryngomalacia
Trachea and bronchus	Tracheomalacia
Lung	Bronchiectasis - Pulmonary sequestration - Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation
see also non-congenital (J, 460-519)

v • d • e Congenital malformations and deformations of genital organs and urinary system (Q50-Q64, 752-753)
Genital organs (overview)	female: Uterine malformation - Mullerian agenesis - Uterine didelphys - Clitoromegaly male: Cryptorchidism - Hypospadias - Chordee - Monorchism - Micropenis - Penile agenesis Pseudohermaphroditism
Urinary system	kidney/ureter: Renal agenesis/Potter syndrome, Papillorenal syndrome - cystic (Polycystic kidney disease, Meckel syndrome, Multicystic dysplastic kidney) - Ectopic ureter - Horseshoe kidney - Renal ectopia bladder/urethra: Epispadias - Bladder exstrophy urachus: Urachal cyst
See also non-congenital reproductive and urinary conditions (N, 580-629)

v • d • e Phakomatoses and other congenital malformations not elsewhere classified (Q85-Q89, 759)
Phakomatoses	Abdallat Davis Farrage syndrome - Ataxia telangiectasia - Incontinentia pigmenti - Neurofibromatosis (type I, type II) - Peutz-Jeghers syndrome - Sturge-Weber syndrome - Tuberous sclerosis - Von Hippel-Lindau disease
Due to known exogenous causes	Fetal alcohol syndrome - Phocomelia (via Thalidomide)
Affecting multiple systems	facial (Mobius syndrome, Goldenhar syndrome, Cyclopia, Apert syndrome) short stature (Aarskog-Scott syndrome, Cockayne syndrome, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, Dubowitz syndrome, Noonan syndrome, Robinow syndrome, Silver-Russell dwarfism, Seckel syndrome, Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome) limbs (Adducted thumb syndrome, Holt-Oram syndrome, Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome, Nail-patella syndrome, Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome, Sirenomelia, VACTERL association) overgrowth (Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Sotos syndrome, Weaver syndrome) combined/other Ablepharon macrostomia syndrome - Alport syndrome - Bardet-Biedl syndrome - Branchio-oto-renal syndrome - Donohue syndrome - Fraser syndrome - Keutel syndrome - Marfan syndrome - Timothy syndrome - Urban-Rogers-Meyer syndrome - Vici syndrome - Yunis-Varon syndrome - Zellweger syndrome - Zimmerman-Laband syndrome - Zori Stalker Williams syndrome
Other	spleen: Asplenia - Splenomegaly endocrine glands: Persistent thyroglossal duct - Thyroglossal cyst Conjoined twins - Cowden syndrome - Hamartoma - Impossible syndrome - Situs inversus

Hematology:

v • d • e Hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN)
ABO HDN • Anti-Kell HDN • Rhesus c HDN • Rhesus D HDN • Rhesus E HDN

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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .