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Hereditary amyloidosis
Amyloidosis: A familial (inherited) disorder in which protein deposits (amyloid) accumulate in one or more organ systems in the body. Hereditary amyloidosis is a relatively uncommon cause of amyloidosis. The more common forms of…
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- Forearm The portion of the upper limb from the elbow to the wrist. In popular usage, the arm extends from the…
- Fibroblast A cell ubiquitous in connective tissue that makes and secretes collagen
- Bornholm disease Bornholm disease is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease features fever and…
- Physiologic jaundice of the newborn Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic cardiac…
- Orthopaedist An orthopaedic surgeon, a doctor who corrects congenital or functional abnormalities of the bones with…
- Galactorrhea The spontaneous flow of milk from the nipple at any time other than during nursing. Galactorrhea can be due…
- Congenital hemolytic jaundice Jaundice: Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell…
- Human kinome See Kinome
- Artery, splenic A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…