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Waardenburg syndrome is a group of hereditary conditions characterized by deafness and partial albinism (pale skin, hair, and eye color).
Review Date: 7/1/2007

Walking abnormalities are unusual and uncontrollable walk patterns, usually caused by diseases or injuries to the legs, feet, brain, spine, or inner ear.
Review Date: 3/5/2007

Review Date: 10/16/2006

Wart removes are medicines used to eliminate warts, small, usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus. Wart remover poisoning occurs when someone accidentally or intentionally swallows or uses more than the normal or recommended amount of this medication.
Review Date: 10/29/2007

Warts are small, usually painless growths on the skin caused by a virus. They are generally harmless. However, warts can be disfiguring and embarrassing, and occasionally they itch or hurt (particularly on the feet).The different types of warts include:Common warts usually appear on the hands, but can appear anywhere.Flat warts are generally found on the face and forehead. They are common in children, less so in teens, and rare in adults.Genital warts are usually found on the genitals, in the pubic area, and the area between the thighs, but can appear inside the vagina and anal canal.Plantar wartsare found on the soles of the feet.Subungual and periungual warts appear under and around the fingernails or toenails
Review Date: 4/12/2007

This article describes the effects of a wasp sting.
Review Date: 10/24/2007

Water is a combination of hydrogen and oxygen. It is the basis for the fluids of the body.
Review Date: 8/8/2007

This is poisoning caused by eating or swallowing watercolor paints.
Review Date: 5/11/2006

Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is adrenal gland failure due to bleeding into the adrenal gland. It is caused by severe meningococcal infection or other severe, overwhelming infection.Symptoms include acute adrenal gland insufficiency and profound shock. It is deadly if not treated immediately.
Review Date: 8/16/2007

Watery eyes occur when there is too much tear production or poor drainage of the tear duct.
Review Date: 11/13/2007

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