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Fabry's disease

Lipid Metabolism: Fabry's Disease

Face

see also Ears; Eye(s); Mouth; Nose

  • birth defects of

  • Bone and Muscle Defects
    Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate: Defects of the FaceFigures

  • brown pigmentation of (melasma)

  • Melasma
    Contraception: Disadvantages
    Physical Changes: Skin

  • moon

  • Cushing's Syndrome: Symptoms

  • of newborn

  • Physical Examination
    Birth Injury: Nerve Injury

  • pain in

  • Taking the Pressure Off a NerveFigures

  • in Bell's palsy

  • Bell's Palsy

  • in trigeminal neuralgia

  • Trigeminal Neuralgia

  • spasm of

  • Hemifacial Spasm

    Facial muscles

  • in Bell's palsy

  • Bell's Palsy

  • in Parkinson's disease

  • Parkinson's Disease: Symptoms

    Facial nerve

  • in ear disorders

  • How Ear Disorders Affect the Facial NerveFigures

  • palsy of (Bell's palsy)

  • Bell's Palsy

  • testing of

  • Testing Cranial Nerves Tables

    Facioscapulohumeral (Landouzy-Dejerine) muscular dystrophy

    Other Forms of Muscular Dystrophy

    Factor IX deficiency

    Hemophilia

    Factor VIII deficiency

    Hemophilia

    Factor V Leiden

    Thrombophilia: Causes

    Factor XI deficiency

    Hemophilia

    Fad diets

    Diets: Grapefruit Diet

    Fahrenheit temperature scale

    Equivalents for Temperature Tables

    Failure to thrive

    Failure to Thrive

    Fainting

    Symptoms: Light-Headedness and Fainting
    Fainting

  • in aortic stenosis

  • Aortic Stenosis: Symptoms and Diagnosis

  • in arrhythmias

  • Abnormal Heart Rhythms: Symptoms

  • in cardiomyopathy

  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms

  • in esophageal injury

  • Injury

  • parade ground

  • Symptoms: Causes

  • tilt table testing in

  • Diagnosis: Tilt Table Testing
    Fainting: Diagnosis

    Faintness

    Classifying DizzinessTables

    Falciparum malaria

    Malaria: Falciparum Malaria
    Malaria: Drugs

    Fallopian tubes

    Internal Female Genital OrgansFigures
    Internal Genital Organs: Fallopian Tubes

  • cancer of

  • Staging Cancers of the Female Reproductive SystemTables
    Fallopian Tube Cancer

  • infection of

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Symptoms

  • in infertility

  • Problems With the Fallopian Tubes

  • inflammation of

  • Nongonococcal Urethritis and Chlamydial Cervicitis: Symptoms and Diagnosis
    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

  • ligation of

  • Sterilization: Tubal Ligation
    Disrupting the Tubes: Sterilization in WomenFigures

  • pelvic inflammatory disease and

  • Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID): Symptoms

  • pregnancy in

  • Ectopic Pregnancy: A Mislocated PregnancyFigures

    Fallot, tetralogy of

    Heart Defects: Tetralogy of Fallot
    Tetralogy of Fallot: Four DefectsFigures

    Falls

  • prevention of

  • Spotlight on AgingSidebar

    Falls, prevention of

    Preventing FallsSidebar

    Famciclovir

    Antiviral DrugsTables
    Herpes Simplex Virus Infections: Treatment
    Shingles: Prevention and Treatment

    Familial insomnia, fatal

    Fatal Familial Insomnia

    Familial Mediterranean fever

    Familial Mediterranean Fever

    Familial polyposis

    Colorectal Polyps: Hereditary Conditions
    Colorectal Polyps: Treatment

    Family planning

    see also Contraception and contraceptives; Oral contraceptives
    Family Planning
    How Effective Is Contraception?Tables
    Comparing Contraceptive MethodsTables
    When Taking Combination Oral Contraceptives Is RestrictedSidebar
    Blocking Access: Barrier ContraceptivesFigures
    Understanding Intrauterine DevicesFigures
    All in the Timing: Natural Family PlanningFigures
    Disrupting the Tubes: Sterilization in WomenFigures

  • information resources on

  • Family Planning

    Family relationships

    Social and Emotional Development
    Social Issues Affecting Children and Their Families

  • adoption and

  • Adoption

  • in autism

  • Autism: Social Relationships

  • changing structures of

  • The Changing Structures of FamiliesSidebar

  • childhood illness and

  • Childhood Cancers
    Illness in Children

  • divorce and

  • Divorce
    The Changing Structures of FamiliesSidebar

  • foster care and

  • Foster Care

  • infant illness and death and

  • Illness and Death in Infants

  • parent-child discussions and

  • Talking With Children About Difficult TopicsSidebar
    What Is Bullying?Sidebar

  • problems in

  • Behavioral Problems due to Parenting ProblemsSidebar

    Family therapy

    Mental Illness in Society: Deinstitutionalization

    Famotidine

    Peptic Ulcer: Acid-reducing Drugs
    Drugs Used to Treat Peptic DisordersTables

  • in elderly persons

  • Some Drugs With Increased Risk for Older People Tables

    Fanconi syndrome

    Fanconi Syndrome
    Potassium: Hypokalemia

    Fantasizing

    Common Coping Mechanisms Tables

    Fantasy play

    Social and Emotional Development

    Farmer's lung

    Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis: Causes
    What Causes Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis? Tables

    Farsightedness (hyperopia)

    Symptoms: Refractive Error
    Understanding RefractionFigures
    Refractive Disorders: Causes

  • in children

  • Refractive Errors in ChildrenSidebar

    Farting (flatus)

    Symptoms: Gas-Related Complaints

    Fasciitis

  • eosinophilic

  • Eosinophilic Fasciitis

  • necrotizing

  • Streptococcal Infections: Treatment
    Necrotizing Skin Infections

  • plantar

  • Plantar Fasciitis

    Fasciola hepatica infection

    Other ParasitesTables

    Fasciotomy

    Fractures: Treatment of Complications

    Fasting, hypoglycemia with

    Hypoglycemia: Fasting

    Fat

  • cholesterol

  • see Cholesterol

  • dietary

  • Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats: Fats

  • atherosclerosis and

  • Atherosclerosis: Diet

  • cancer risk and

  • Diet and Cancer: Saturated Fats

  • in coronary artery disease

  • Atherosclerosis: Diet
    Coronary Artery Disease: Diet
    Types of FatSidebar

  • restriction of

  • Diets: Low-Fat Diets
    Hyperlipoproteinemia: Treatment
    Limiting Fat and Cholesterol in the Diet Tables
    A Practical Approach to a Low-Cholesterol, Low-Saturated Fat Diet Tables

  • types of

  • Types of FatSidebar

  • embolism of

  • Ischemic Stroke: Causes

  • embolism with

  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE): Unusual Types of Emboli

  • high blood levels of

  • Hyperlipoproteinemia
    Metabolic Syndrome: A Cluster of ProblemsSidebar

  • in nephrotic syndrome

  • Nephrotic Syndrome: Diagnosis

  • in liver (fatty liver)

  • Fatty Liver
    Common Causes of Fatty LiverSidebar
    Alcohol's Toll on the LiverSidebar
    Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

  • metabolism of, disorders of

  • Lipid Metabolism
    Other Rare Hereditary Disorders of Lipid MetabolismSidebar

  • in stool (steatorrhea)

  • Malabsorption: Symptoms
    Cholestasis: Symptoms
    Hypolipoproteinemia

  • types of

  • Atherosclerosis: Diet
    Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats: Fats
    Limiting Fat and Cholesterol in the Diet Tables

    Fat (body)

  • in Cushing's syndrome

  • Cushing's Syndrome: Symptoms

    Fatal familial insomnia

    Fatal Familial Insomnia

    Fatal illness

    see Death and dying; Terminal illness

    Fatigue

  • in cancer

  • Symptoms: Weight Loss and Fatigue

  • chronic

  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
    Diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue SyndromeSidebar

  • in dying person

  • Symptoms During a Fatal Illness: Fatigue

  • in heart disease

  • Symptoms: Fatigue

  • in kidney disorders

  • Chronic Kidney Failure: Symptoms

    Fat pads, of foot

    Common Foot, Knee, and Leg Disorders in Infants and Young ChildrenSidebar

    Fatty acids

  • essential

  • Carbohydrates, Proteins, and Fats: Fats

  • oxidation of, disorders of

  • Lipid Metabolism: Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders

    Fatty liver

    Fatty Liver
    Common Causes of Fatty LiverSidebar
    Alcohol's Toll on the LiverSidebar

  • of pregnancy

  • Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

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