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Deficiency, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
D): Deficiency of G6PD is the commonest disease-causing enzyme defect in humans affecting an estimated 400 million people. The G6PD gene is on the X chromosome. Males with the enzyme deficiency develop anemia due to breakup of their red…
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Show more- SRAS Syndrome respiratoire aigu severe (in French). In English, severe acute respiratory syndrome or SARS
- Stress Stress: Forces from the outside world impinging on the individual. Stress is a normal part of life that can…
- Fertility awareness Also known as natural family planning, periodic abstinence and the rhythm method, this approach entails not…
- Presbyacousia See: Presbycusis
- Mycet- Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus
- Bone, breast Breast: Familiar name for what is medically termed the sternum, the long flat bone in the middle of the front…
- Linkage The tendency for genes and other genetic markers to be inherited together because of their location near one…
- Immunization, varicella A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical…
- Melioidosis Melioidosis: An infectious illness, also called Whitmore's disease, that is most frequent in Southeast Asia…
- CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukemia. See: Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic
- Amyloidosis, secondary Amyloidosis, secondary : One of a group of diseases (called amyloidosis) in which protein deposits (amyloid)…
- UBT Urea breath test