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  • Arthritis deformans; Coccydynia; Tumours of cord and membranes -- Spinal meningitis; Spinal myelitis -- Congenital deformities: _Spina bifida_; _Congenital sacro-coccygeal tumours_.

    Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893

  • The Children's Heart Foundation (CHF) - the country's leading organization solely dedicated to funding CHD research - is one of five organizations that participated in National Congenital Heart Lobby Day on February 10.

    unknown title 2009

  • Catheterization in Congenital Heart Disease, Commonwealth

    Dickinson W. Richards - Nobel Lecture 1964

  • Information about the fetus' gender can be critically important: Some genetic abnormalities of the X-chromosome -- like hemophilia or Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- typically affect only boys, and another condition that causes ambiguous genitalia among other problems, called Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, can be successfully treated in-utero if the gender is known.

    Adam Wolfberg, M.D.: Are We Ready to Embrace Prenatal Blood Tests? M.D. Adam Wolfberg 2011

  • Information about the fetus' gender can be critically important: Some genetic abnormalities of the X-chromosome -- like hemophilia or Duchenne muscular dystrophy -- typically affect only boys, and another condition that causes ambiguous genitalia among other problems, called Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, can be successfully treated in-utero if the gender is known.

    Adam Wolfberg, M.D.: Are We Ready to Embrace Prenatal Blood Tests? M.D. Adam Wolfberg 2011

  • Hairiest man Victor "Larry" Ramos Gomez , pictured here, and Gabriel "Danny" Gomez both of Mexico are two of a family of 19 that span five generations all suffering from the rare condition called Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis, characterized by excessive facial and torso hair.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Hairiest man Victor "Larry" Ramos Gomez , pictured here, and Gabriel "Danny" Gomez both of Mexico are two of a family of 19 that span five generations all suffering from the rare condition called Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis, characterized by excessive facial and torso hair.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Now, Dr. Milstone said, her condition has improved to the point that it seems to resemble a much more common and less severe form of ichthyosis called Congenital

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • "Congenital" means "acquired at birth," so Safire doesn't mean it literally, but "congenital liar" is a common metaphor for someone who lies repeatedly.

    Is That Legal?: Congenital Liar 2007

  • Congenital heart diseases, infections that damage the heart, and the same problems of overeating and under-exercising that afflict their parents also strain the hearts of children.

    10 myths about heart disease 2011

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