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OGG1
A DNA repair enzyme with antimutator activity. OGG1 is one of a number of enzymes that repair damage done to DNA by environmental mutagens such as those in cigarette smoke. The gene for OGG1 is located on chromosome 3p25. Mutations in OGG1…
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Show more- Wasting 1. Gradual loss (for example, of weight), deterioration, emaciation. As in a wasting disease. 2. Excessive…
- Amyloidosis, secondary Amyloidosis, secondary : One of a group of diseases (called amyloidosis) in which protein deposits (amyloid)…
- Accessory neuropathy Disease of the accessory nerve which is the eleventh cranial nerve. The accessory nerve supplies the…
- Type 1 diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Innervate To supply with nerves. It is a little known fact that the cornea is the most densely innervated tissue in the…
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Vena cava The superior vena cava is the large vein which returns blood to the heart from the head, neck and both upper…
- Collagenopathy Any one of a group of disorders that affect connective tissue, the tissue that supports the body's joints and…
- Nerve, twelfth cranial See: Twelfth cranial nerve
- Hyperparathyroidism Hyperparathyroidism: Too much parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood…
- Secretary's knee The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes…
- Cystoscopy A procedure in which the doctor inserts a lighted instrument called a cystoscope into the urethra (the tube…