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L-CPT1 Deficiency

L-Tryptophan Disease

Laband Syndrome

Labhart-Willi Syndrome

Labor Trial After a Previous Cesarean Delivery, Deciding About

Labor, Delivery, and Postpartum Period

Labyrinthine Positional Nystagmus

Lacerations (Cuts)

Lacrimo-Auriculo-Dento-Digital Syndrome

Lactation Mastitis

Lactation-Uterus Atrophy

lactic and pyruvate acidemia with carbohydrate sensitivity

lactic and pyruvate acidemia with episodic ataxia and weakness

Lactose Intolerance

Lactose Intolerance

Laetrile/Amygdalin (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Laetrile/Amygdalin (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Patient Information [NCI]

Laki-Lorand Factor Deficiency

Lambert Type Ichthyosis

Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome

Lambert-Eaton Syndrome

lamellar ichthyosis, type 1 and type 2

Lancefield Group B Streptococcus

Lancereaux-Mathieu-Weil Spirochetosis

Landau Kleffner Syndrome

Langer Giedion Syndrome

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis

Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Language Development

Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery for gallstones

Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair

Laparoscopic ovarian drilling (ovarian diathermy) for PCOS

Laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis

Laron Type Pituitary Dwarfism I

Larsen Syndrome

Laryngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Laryngeal Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Laryngeal Dystonia

Laryngeal Papilloma

Laryngotracheobronchitis

Laser Epithelial Keratomileusis (LASEK)

Laser in-situ keratomileusis for farsightedness (H-LASIK)

Laser iridotomy for glaucoma

Laser photocoagulation for age-related macular degeneration

Laser photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy

Laser resurfacing

Laser Surgery for Abnormal Cervical Cell Changes

Laser surgery for genital warts

Laser Surgery for Nearsightedness, Deciding About

Laser surgery for warts

Laser trabeculoplasty for glaucoma

Laser treatment for varicose veins

LASIK (laser in-situ keratomileusis) for nearsightedness

Last Days of Life (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Last Days of Life (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Latah (Observed in Malaysia)

Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

late onset central hypoventilation syndrome with hypothalamic dysfunction

Late-Onset Immunoglobulin Deficiency

Late-Onset Metachromatic Leukodystrophy

Late-onset multiple carboxylase deficiency

Launois-Bensaude

Launois-Cleret Syndrome

Laurence Moon Syndrome

Laurence Syndrome

Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)

LCAD Deficiency

Le Jeune Syndrome

Le Merrer Syndrome

Learning to Talk

Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Leber's Amaurosis

Leber's Congenital Amaurosis

Leber's Congenital Tapetoretinal Degeneration

Leber's Congenital Tapetoretinal Dysplasia

Leber's Disease

Leber's Optic Atrophy

Leber's Optic Neuropathy (LHON)

Leg Cramps, Nocturnal

Leg Problems, Noninjury

Legg Calve Perthes Disease

Legionnaires' Disease

Leigh Necrotizing Encephalopathy

Leigh's Disease

Leigh's Syndrome

Leiner-Moussous Desquamative Erythroderma

Leiomyosarcoma of the Uterus

Leiomyosarcoma, General

Lennox Gastaut Syndrome

Lenticular Degeneration, Progressive

Lenz Dysmorphogenetic Syndrome

Lenz Microphthalmia Syndrome

LEOPARD Syndrome

Leptomeningeal Angiomatosis

Leptomeningioma

Leptospiral Jaundice

Leri Pleonosteosis

Leri-Weil Dyschondrosteosis

Leri-Weil Syndrome

Leri-Weill Disease

Lesch Nyhan Syndrome

Lethal Neonatal Dwarfism

Lethal Osteochondrodysplasia

Letterer-Siwe Disease

Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic

Leukemia, Chronic Myelogenous

Leukemia, Hairy Cell

Leukemia, Radiation Therapy for

Leukocytic Anomaly Albinism

Leukocytic Inclusions with Platelet Abnormality

Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis

Leukodystrophy with Rosenthal Fibers

Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell

Leukodystrophy, Krabbe's

Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic

Leukoencephalitis Periaxialis Concentric

Levels of Evidence for Adult and Pediatric Cancer Treatment Studies (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Levels of Evidence for Cancer Screening and Prevention Studies (PDQ®): Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Levels of Evidence for Human Studies of Cancer Complementary and Alternative Medicine (PDQ®): Complementary and alternative medicine - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Levine-Critchley Syndrome

Levy-Hollister Syndrome

Levy-Yeboa Syndrome

Leyden-Moebius Muscular Dystrophy

Lichen Acuminatus

Lichen Annularis

Lichen Planus Sclerosus Atrophicus

Lichen Psoriasis

Lichen Ruber Acuminatus

Lichen Ruber Planus

Lichen Sclerosus

Lichen Sclerosus et Atrophicus

Lichen Urticatus

Life Span and Smoking Calculator

Life-Prolonging Treatments at End of Life, Deciding About

Light Therapy (Using), For Seasonal Affective Disorder

Lightheadedness

Lignac-Fanconi Syndrome

Limb Body Wall Complex

Limb Malformations-Dento-Digital Syndrome

Limit Dextrinosis

Linear Nevus Sebacous Syndrome

Linear Sebaceous Nevus Sequence

Linear Sebaceous Nevus Syndrome

Lingua Fissurata

Lingua Scrotalis

Lingua Villosa Nigra

Linguofacial Dyskinesia

Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Lip and Oral Cavity Cancer Treatment (PDQ®): Treatment - Patient Information [NCI]

Lip Pseudocleft-hemangiomatous Branchial Cyst Syndrome

lipase D deficiency

LIPD deficiency

lipid histiocytosis

Lipid histiocytosis (kerasin type)

Lipid-Storage Myopathy Associated with SCAD Deficiency

lipidosis, sphingomyelin

Lipodystrophy, partial, with Rieger anomaly and short stature

Lipoid Granulomatosis

Lipomatosis Dolorosa Morbus Dercum’s

Lipomatosis of Pancreas, Congenital

Lipomucopolysaccharidosis Type I

lipoprotein lipase deficiency

lipoprotein lipase, included; LPL, included

lissencephaly, type I

Listeria Infection

Lithotripsy (ESWL) for Kidney Stones, Deciding About

Livedo Reticularis and Cerebrovascular Accidents

Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Patient Information [NCI]

Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Liver (Hepatocellular) Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Patient Information [NCI]

Liver fluke disease

Liver Function Panel

Liver Phosphorylase Deficiency

Liver resection

Living With a Spinal Cord Injury

Living With More Than One Health Problem

Lizard and Snake Bites

lobar atrophy of the brain

Lobar Emphysema, Infantile

Lobar Holoprosencephaly

Lobar Tension Emphysema in Infancy

Lobstein Disease (Type I)

Lobster Claw Deformity

Lobular Carcinoma of the Minor Salivary Glands

Localized Infantile Mastocytosis

Localized Prostate Cancer, Should I Have radiation Therapy or a Prostatectomy?

Locked In Syndrome

Loeffler Endomyocardial Fibrosis with Eosinophilia

Loeffler Fibroplastic Parietal Endocarditis

Loeffler's Disease

Loken Senior Syndrome

Loken-Senior Syndrome

Long Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency

Long QT Syndrome Type 1

Long QT Syndrome without Deafness

Long-Term Care for Stroke, Deciding About

Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for abnormal cervical cell changes

Loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) for genital warts

Loralie's Story: It's Never Too Late

Losing Weight: Deciding About a Diet Plan

Loss, Grief, and Bereavement (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Loss, Grief, and Bereavement (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Louis-Bar Syndrome

Low Back Pain, Deciding About MRI

Low Back Pain, Deciding About Spinal Manipulation

Low Back Pain, IDET (Intradiscal Electrothermic Therapy) for

Low back pain: Exercises to reduce pain

Low back pain: Should I have an MRI?

Low back pain: Should I have spinal manipulation?

Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia) in People Without Diabetes

Low Blood Sugar from Diabetes

Low blood sugar from taking insulin, Dealing with

Low blood sugar from taking oral diabetes medicine, Dealing with

Low blood sugar in children with diabetes, Dealing with

Low blood sugar in children with diabetes, Preventing

Low Blood Sugar with Gestational Diabetes, Dealing With

Low Density B-lipoprotein Deficiency

Low Imperforate Anus

Low Potassium Syndrome

Low-Carb Diets for Weight Loss

Low-Density Beta Lipoprotein Deficiency

Low-Dose Aspirin Therapy

Low-Grade Papillary Carcinoma of the Palate

Low-salt diet for cirrhosis, Eating a

Low-Salt Diet for Heart Failure

Low-salt diets: Eating out

Low-Sodium Diet for Heart Failure

Lower Leg Injuries

Lower Leg Problems, Noninjury

Lues, Congenital

Lumbar Spinal Stenosis

Lumpectomy for Breast Cancer

Lumpectomy or a Mastectomy to Treat Early-Stage Breast Cancer, Deciding About

Lumps Under the Skin

Lung Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Lung Cancer Prevention (PDQ®): Prevention - Patient Information [NCI]

Lung Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Lung Cancer Screening (PDQ®): Screening - Patient Information [NCI]

Lung Nocardiosis

Lung surgery (thoracotomy) for lung cancer

Lung transplant for cystic fibrosis

Lupus (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Lupus Anticoagulant Syndrome

Luschka-Magendie Foramina Atresia

Lutz-Splendore-Almeida Disease

Lyelles Syndrome

Lymph Node Cancer (Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma)

Lymph node removal (lymphadenectomy) for melanoma

Lymphadenectomy for endometrial cancer

Lymphadenitis, Regional Nonbacterial

Lymphadenoid goiter

Lymphadenopathy (Swollen Lymph Nodes)

Lymphadenopathy, Angioimmunoblastic with Dysproteinemia

Lymphangiectasia, Primary Intestinal

Lymphangiectasis, Primary Intestinal

Lymphangiectatic Protein-Losing Enteropathy

Lymphangioleimyomatosis

Lymphangioleiomatosis

Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Lymphatic Malformations

Lymphedema (PDQ®): Supportive care - Health Professional Information [NCI]

Lymphedema (PDQ®): Supportive care - Patient Information [NCI]

Lymphedema with Distichiasis

Lymphedema with Yellow Nails

Lymphedema, Hereditary

Lymphedema, Neonatal due to Exudative Enteropathy

Lymphedema-Distichiasis Syndrome

Lymphedema: Managing lymphedema

Lymphocytic Infiltrate of Jessner

Lymphoma, Gastric, Non Hodgkins Type

Lymphoma, Radiation Therapy for

Lymphoreticulosis, Benign Inoculation

Lynch Syndromes

Lysosomal Acid Lipase Deficiency, Wolman Type

Lysosomal Alpha-D-Mannosidase Deficiency

Lysosomal Alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminidase Deficiency, Schindler Type

Lysosomal Glucosidase Deficiency

Lysosomal Glycogen Storage Disease Without Acid Maltase Deficiency

Lysosomal Storage Disorders

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