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Lead poisoning occurs when the amount of lead in the body is too high. Normally, lead is not found in the body or is found in very small amounts, and the minimal acceptable level is none to 9_g/dL in the blood. Thus, a blood lead level of 10_g/dL or greater indicates lead poisoning. Lead poisoning can range from a mild to severe problem depending on the level and duration of lead in the body. ...

Leigh Disease is a rare, inherited, neurometabolic (affects the metabolism or internal workings of nerve cells) disorder. It most commonly occurs in children and is characterized by rapid, progressive break down of the function of the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord). This rapid break down of function is due to problems in the mitochondria. Mitochondria are tiny structures th...

Leiner’s disease is a skin and immune system disorder that affects infants. Originally described at the turn of the century, this disease may actually be a variety of different disorders, including nutritional problems and severe combined immunodeficiency, that have been separately described elsewhere. Improved techniques to investigate the immune system probably have made this diagnosis obsolete....

Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) is a childhood epilepsy syndrome that is characterized by multiple types of seizures, mental retardation, and characteristic electroencephalogram (EEG) patterns. Children with LGS often have multiple seizure types including atypical absence (staring spells without conscious control), tonic (generalized stiffening of muscles), atonic (sudden loss of muscle tone causi...

Lenz microphthalmia syndrome is a rare, inherited genetic disorder that is characterized by small eyes (microphthalmia) and malformations of the eyes, teeth, fingers, skeleton, or genitourinary tract. ...

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