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The association of multiple cutaneous abnormalities, including multiple nevi, hemangiomas, and/or skin cancers, with scattered skeletal, neurological, urological, ophthalmic, and vascular malformations. The syndrome is sometimes transmitted to offspring by autosomal dominant inheritance.  

An epidemiology field training program for postdoctoral fellows at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It provides epidemiological assistance in the investigation and prevention of public health problems and a source of trained field epidemiologists for federal, state, and local health departments around the U.S.  

A membrane surrounding a temporary colony of some ameboid protozoa.  

A surgically created opening above the symphysis pubis into the bladder.  

Pain in the elbow joint in the region of the epicondyles.  

A congenital malformation in which the head of a parasitic twin is attached to the summit or vertex of the skull of the larger twin.  

Located dorsad to the notochord  

A benign whitish/pink tumor of the eye. It is a hallmark of Goldenhar sequence, a variant of hemifacial microsomia.  

Lying on the bulb of any structure; more specifically, located on the eyeball.  

An androgenic hormone normally present in the urine.