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1
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High blood pressure

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Hypertension

2
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Abnormal accumulation of fluid in tissues of the body

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Edema

3
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Infectious disease that can result in severe fetal malformations

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Toxoplasmosis

4
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Virus causing chicken pox and shingles

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Varicella

5
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Agents that cause malformations in a developing embryo

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Teratogen

6
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Deficient weight and height growth in infancy or early childhood resulting from malnutrition, chronic disease or a congenital anomaly

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Failure to thrive FTT

7
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Small head size

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Microcephaly

8
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Relating to the skull and facial bones

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Crainiofacial

9
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A medical complication associated with an illness, procedure or operation

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Morbidity

10
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A large body size

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Macrosomia

11
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Groove between the nose and mouth

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Philtrum

12
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Chemical released at the synapse that aids in transmitting an impulse from nerve to nerve

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Neurotransmitter

13
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A class of viruses that includes human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)

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Retrovirus

14
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The study of factors that determines disease frequency and distribution

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Epidemiology

15
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Disorder characterized by too few red blood cells or too little hemoglobin

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Anemia

16
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Reduced white blood cell count

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Neutropenia

17
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Low platelet count

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Thrombocytopenia

18
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From pregnant mother to delivering fetus

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Vertical transmission

19
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Transmission from environmental sources (such as hospital personnel)

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Horizontal transmission

20
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Death of tissue

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Necrosis

21
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Condition characterized by abnormal accumulation of cerebral fluid within the ventricles of the brain causing enlargement of an infants head

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Hydrocephalus

22
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A fetal protein found in amniotic fluid and serum

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Alpha-fetoprotein

23
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A hormone produced and discharged by the embryo that stops the expulsion of the embryo from the uterus

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Human chorionic goadatropin

24
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Screening test that employs sound waves to provide a moving image

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Ultrasonography

25
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Prenatal diagnostic procedure involving the insertion of a needle through the abdominal wall into the uterine cavity and the subsequent removal of amniotic fluid

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Amniocentesis