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Pi

Piaget's disease

  • of penis

  • Growths on the Penis

    Pia mater

    Viewing the BrainFigures
    Brain: Meninges
    How the Spine Is OrganizedFigures

    Pica

    Iron: Symptoms
    Iron Deficiency Anemia: Symptoms and Diagnosis
    Physical Changes During Pregnancy: Digestive Tract

    Pick's disease

    Dementia: Pick's Disease

    Pickwickian syndrome (obesity-hypoventilation syndrome)

    Sleep Apnea: Symptoms

    PID (pelvic inflammatory disease)

    Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)

    Pierre Robin syndrome

    Bone and Muscle Defects: Facial Defects

    Pigeon breeder's lung

    What Causes Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis?Tables

    Pigmented villonodular synovitis

    Joint Tumors: Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis

    Pigment, of skin

    Pigment Disorders

    Pilates

    Choosing the Right Exercise: Pilates

    Pill

  • in esophagus

  • Injury to the Esophagus: Erosive Esophagitis

  • the

  • see Oral contraceptives

    Pilocarpine

    Dry Mouth: Symptom control
    Drugs Used to Treat GlaucomaTables

    Pilonidal disease

    Pilonidal Disease

    Pimozide

    Antipsychotic DrugsTables

    Pimples

  • in acne

  • Acne and Related Disorders
    Comparing Mild Acne and Severe AcneFigures

  • in rosacea

  • Rosacea: Symptoms

  • in seborrheic dermatitis

  • Seborrheic Dermatitis: Symptoms

    Pinealoma

    Tumors That Originate in or Near the BrainTables
    Common Symptoms of Some Brain TumorsSidebar

    Pinguecula

    Pinguecula and Pterygium
    Pinguecula and PterygiumFigures

  • in Gaucher's disease

  • Disorders of Lipid Metabolism: Gaucher's Disease

    Pinkeye

    see also Conjunctivitis
    Some Causes and Features of Eye RednessTables
    What Is Pinkeye?Sidebar

    Pinna (external ear)

    A Look Inside the EarFigures
    Biology of the Ears, Nose, and Throat: Outer Ear

    Pins-and-needles

    When the Foot Is AsleepSidebar

    Pinta

    Bejel, Yaws, and Pinta

    Pinworm infection

    Pinworm Infection

    Pioglitazone

    Oral Antihyperglycemic DrugsTables

    Piperacillin

    AntibioticsTables

    Pirbuterol

    Drugs Used to Treat AsthmaTables

    Piroxicam

  • in elderly persons

  • Some Drugs Particularly Likely to Cause Problems in Older PeopleTables

    Pitcher's shoulder

    Shoulder Injuries: Rotator Cuff Injury

    Pituitary gland

    Major Endocrine GlandsFigures
    Major HormonesTables
    Pituitary Gland Disorders
    Pituitary: The Master GlandFigures

  • adenoma of

  • Pituitary Gland Disorders
    Hypopituitarism: Treatment
    Some Causes and Features of HirsutismTables

  • acromegaly with

  • Acromegaly and Gigantism

  • dysfunction of

  • Pituitary Gland Disorders

  • in diabetes insipidus

  • Central Diabetes Insipidus: Causes

  • in empty sella syndrome

  • Empty Sella Syndrome

  • enlargement of

  • Enlargement of the Pituitary Gland

  • in growth

  • Short Stature

  • in hormone control

  • Endocrine Controls

  • imaging of

  • Pituitary Gland Disorders
    Hypopituitarism: Diagnosis

  • in puberty

  • Puberty in Boys

  • sarcoidosis of

  • Sarcoidosis: Nervous System

  • tumors of

  • Tumors That Originate in or Near the BrainTables
    Brain Tumors: Symptoms
    Common Symptoms of Some Brain TumorsSidebar
    Pituitary Gland Disorders
    Hypopituitarism: Treatment

  • acromegaly with

  • Acromegaly and Gigantism

  • Cushing syndrome with

  • Cushing Syndrome

  • galactorrhea with

  • Galactorrhea

  • in multiple endocrine neoplasia

  • Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes: Type 1 disease

  • in Nelson syndrome

  • What Is Nelson Syndrome?Sidebar

  • underactive (hypopituitarism)

  • Hypopituitarism
    What Causes an Underactive Pituitary?Sidebar

    Pit viper bite

    Snake Bites
    Is That a Pit Viper?Figures

    Pityriasis rosea

    Pityriasis Rosea

    Pityriasis versicolor

    Tinea Versicolor

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