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Aarskog syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, musculoskeletal, and genital anomalies.
Review Date: 3/13/2006

Aarskog syndrome is an inherited disease that affects a person's height, muscles, skeleton, genitals, and appearance of the face. Inherited means that it is passed down through families.
Review Date: 10/14/2009

Aase syndrome is a rare disorder that involves anemia and certain joint and skeletal deformities.
Review Date: 7/2/2007

Aase syndrome is a rare disorder that involves anemia and certain joint and skeletal deformities.
Review Date: 8/11/2009

An aneurysm is when a blood vessel becomes abnormally large or balloons outward. The abdominal aorta is a large blood vessel that supplies blood to your abdomen, the pelvis, and legs.
Review Date: 12/7/2006

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is when the large blood vessel that supplies blood to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs becomes abnormally large or balloons outward.
Review Date: 8/21/2009

ABO incompatibility is a reaction of the immune system that occurs if two different and not compatible blood types are mixed together.
Review Date: 3/13/2007

ABO incompatibility is a reaction of the immune system that occurs if two different and not compatible blood types are mixed together.
Review Date: 5/13/2008

A complete abortion is an abortion (induced or spontaneous) in which the entire fetus and placenta have passed out of the uterus before the 20th week of pregnancy.See also: Miscarriage
Review Date: 8/17/2007

Elective or therapeutic abortion is the deliberate termination of a pregnancy.
Review Date: 9/19/2006

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