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  2. Polycythemia - Wikipedia

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    Chuvash erythrocytosis or Chuvash polycythemia is an autosomal recessive form of erythrocytosis endemic in patients from the Chuvash Republic in Russia. Chuvash erythrocytosis is associated with homozygosity for a C598T mutation in the von Hippel–Lindau gene ( VHL ), which is needed for the destruction of hypoxia-inducible factors in the ...

  3. Patch Adams (film) - Wikipedia

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    At a Conference on World Affairs, he told film critic Roger Ebert, "I hate that movie." [15] During a speech in 2010 at the Mayo Clinic, Adams said, "The film promised to build our hospital. None of the profits from the film ever came to us, and so, basically 40 years into this work, we are still trying to build our hospital."

  4. List of hematologic conditions - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completion.. There are many conditions of or affecting the human hematologic system—the biological system that includes plasma, platelets, leukocytes, and erythrocytes, the major components of blood and the bone marrow.

  5. Lymphedema - Wikipedia

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    Lymphedema is most frequently a complication of cancer treatment or parasitic infections, but it can also be seen in a number of genetic disorders. Tissues with lymphedema are at high risk of infection because the lymphatic system has been compromised. [3] Though incurable and progressive, a number of treatments may improve symptoms. [2]

  6. Chronic venous insufficiency - Wikipedia

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    It has been developed to guide decision-making in chronic venous insufficiency evaluation and treatment. [6] The CEAP classification for CVI is as follows: [citation needed] Clinical C0: no obvious feature of venous disease; C1: the presence of reticular or spider veins; C2: Obvious varicose veins; C3: Presence of edema but no skin changes

  7. Cancer (film) - Wikipedia

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    Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies is a 2015 American documentary film produced and directed by Barak Goodman and executive produced by Ken Burns. [1] [2] [3] [4 ...

  8. 'You've Got Mail' Turns 25: Unpacking Its Brilliance - AOL

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    In You’ve Got Mail, released on Dec. 18, 1998, Hanks starred as successful New York business scion Joe Fox, whose massive chain of mega bookstores plans to put a smaller shop, owned by Kathleen ...

  9. Livedoid vasculopathy - Wikipedia

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    Livedoid vasculopathy (LV) is an uncommon thrombotic dermal vasculopathy that is characterized by excruciating, recurrent ulcers on the lower limbs. [4] Livedo racemosa, along with painful ulceration in the distal regions of the lower extremities, is the characteristic clinical appearance.