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Also Known As	birth defect • congenital malformation • congenital disease • congenital anomaly

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chondrodysplasia punctata hyperbilirubinemia imprinting defect anorchism phimosis congenital dislocation synorchism arthrogryposis multiplex congenita vanishing testes syndrome Janus head nutritional disease AIDS malaria diabetes mellitus tuberculosis Alzheimer disease influenza breast cancer colorectal cancer measles

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