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Small-for-gestational-age infant

Small for Gestational Age (SGA)

Small intestine

Digestive SystemFigures
Small Intestine

  • age-associated changes in

  • Effects of Aging on the Digestive System: Small Intestine

  • biopsy of

  • Malabsorption: Diagnosis

  • cancer of

  • Small-Intestine Cancer
    Rare Types of Small-Intestine CancerSidebar

  • Crohn's disease of

  • Crohn's Disease
    Drugs That Reduce Bowel InflammationTables

  • gallstone in

  • Gallstones: Symptoms

  • lymphangiectasia of

  • Intestinal Lymphangiectasia

  • malabsorption in

  • see Malabsorption

  • Meckel diverticulum of

  • Meckel Diverticulum
    Meckel DiverticulumFigures

  • obstruction of

  • Intestinal Obstruction
    What Causes Intestinal Strangulation?Figures

  • perforation of

  • Perforation of the Digestive Tract
    Some Causes of PerforationTables

  • prolapse of

  • When the Bottom Falls Out: Prolapse in the PelvisFigures
    Pelvic Floor Disorders: Enterocele

  • removal of

  • short bowel syndrome after

  • Short Bowel Syndrome

  • transplantation of

  • Transplantation of Other Organs

  • Tropheryma whippelii infection of (Whipple disease)

  • Whipple Disease

  • tumors of

  • Small-Intestine Tumors That Are Noncancerous
    Rare Types of Small-Intestine CancerSidebar

    Smallpox (variola)

    Smallpox

  • immunization for

  • Protecting Adults Through VaccinesTables
    Smallpox: A Vaccine in the WingsSidebar

    Smell

    Biology of the Mouth
    Nose and Sinuses
    How People Sense FlavorsFigures

  • age-associated changes in

  • Spotlight on AgingSidebar
    Effects of Aging on the Ears, Nose, and Throat
    Spotlight on AgingSidebar
    Spotlight on AgingSidebar
    Changes in the Body With Aging: Mouth and Nose
    How the Body Ages: Some Normal ChangesTables

  • disorders of

  • Overview of Smell and Taste Disorders

  • loss of

  • Loss of Smell
    Loss of Smell: What the doctor doesTables

  • tests of

  • Loss of Smell: Testing

    Smoke inhalation

    Smoke InhalationSidebar

    Smoking

  • by adolescents

  • Drug and Substance Use and Abuse in Adolescents: Tobacco

  • atherosclerosis and

  • Atherosclerosis: Smoking

  • breastfeeding and

  • Taking Drugs While BreastfeedingSidebar

  • bronchiolitis and

  • Bronchiolitis

  • cancer risk and

  • Risk Factors for Cancer: Environmental Factors

  • cessation of

  • Atherosclerosis: Smoking
    Coronary Artery Disease: Smoking
    Nicotine: Treatment

  • in COPD

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Treatment

  • preoperative

  • Surgery: Alcohol and Tobacco Use

  • weight gain with

  • Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome: Lifestyle

  • COPD and

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Causes

  • coronary artery disease and

  • Coronary Artery Disease: Risk Factors

  • Crohn's disease and

  • Crohn's Disease

  • dependence on

  • Nicotine

  • desquamative interstitial pneumonia and

  • Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: Respiratory Bronchiolitis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia

  • drug effectiveness and

  • Drug Interactions: Alteration

  • lung cancer and

  • Lung Cancer: Causes

  • lung disease and

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Causes
    Comparing Types Of Idiopathic Interstitial PneumoniasTables
    Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias: Respiratory Bronchiolitis–Associated Interstitial Lung Disease and Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia
    Bronchiolitis

  • oral cancer and

  • Cancerous Mouth Growths: Risk Factors

  • oral melanosis with

  • Color Changes in the MouthSidebar

  • peptic ulcers and

  • Peptic Ulcer: Causes

  • during pregnancy

  • Risk Factors That Develop During Pregnancy: Drugs
    Drug Use During Pregnancy: Cigarette (Tobacco) Smoking

  • thromboangiitis obliterans and

  • Occlusive Peripheral Arterial Disease: Thromboangiitis Obliterans

  • ulcerative colitis and

  • Ulcerative Colitis

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