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Wilms tumorusually presents as an abdominal mass in an otherwise well-appearing child.
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Physical examination revealed a well-appearing young woman, blood pressure 210/140 mm Hg in both arms, fundoscopic exam was normal, lungs were clear, cardiac exam revealed II/VI systolic ejection murmur, abdomen was nontender without hepatosplenomegaly, stool was guaiac negative, neurologic and musculoskeletal exams were normal.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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I had begun, says she, to suspect all he had said of Mrs. Fretchville and her house; and even Mr. Mennell himself, though so well-appearing a man.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Little did the good old viscount think, when he married his darling, his only daughter, to so well-appearing a gentleman, and to her own liking too, that she would have been so much kept down.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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To see multitudes of well-appearing people all joining in one reverend act.
Clarissa Harlowe 2006
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Not that he wished to be less well-appearing, but that he was ashamed to belie his appearance by incongruous appeals.
Sister Carrie 2004
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It was fairly well-appearing and susceptible of improvement.
Sister Carrie 2004
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The lama, a well-appearing, elderly man, seemed completely fitted out with wife and children and yurts and herds.
A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia Elizabeth Kimball Kendall
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Yet I was reckoned a well-appearing girl, who dressed liberally.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864 Various
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There was a rude shack, which seemed to answer for a barn, a haystack beside it, and a well-appearing vegetable garden.
Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Allen Chapman
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