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Transaminase biochemistry
The transaminases are enzymes that catalyze chemical reactions in the body in which an amino group is transferred from a donor molecule to a recipient molecule. Hence, the name 'transferase' can be applied to the transaminases because…
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- Psychopathic personality Ee: Antisocial personality disorder
- Disease, Alexander See: Alexander disease
- Channel, ion See: Ion channel
- Stokes Adams attack Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…
- Esophagitis Esophagitis: Inflammation of the esophagus. The esophagus is that soft tube-like portion of the digestive…
- Infantilism, Brissaud's An eponym that is little used (in the USA) for hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that…
- Hemoglobin normal values Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying pigment in the blood, the predominant protein in the red blood cells. In…
- Magnesium A mineral involved in many processes in the body including nerve signaling, the building of healthy bones…
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- Bacterial vaginosis Bacterial vaginosis: A vaginal condition characterized by an abnormal vaginal discharge due to an overgrowth…
- Hemangioma A birth irregularity where a localized tissue mass grows rich in small blood vessels. Capillary hemangiomas…