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Congenital anemia and triphalangeal thumbs
See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
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- PAPPA Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
- Vein, hepatic One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Asperger syndrome An autistic disorder most notable for the often great discrepancy between the intellectual and social…
- Complicated grief Grief that is complicated by adjustment disorders (especially depressed and anxious mood or disturbed…
- Naegleria infection Naegleria infection: Infection from an ameba called Naegleria fowleri that is commonly found in the…
- Immunoglobulin E Abbreviated IgG. A major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Microchimerism The presence of two genetically distinct and separately derived populations of cells, one population being at…
- Superior vena cava A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and delivers it to the…
- Sand-blind Partly blind, semi-blind, half-blind. From the Old English samblind from sam- meaning semi- + blind. In the…
- Growth and differentiation factor 8 Also called myostatin. See: Myostatin
- Fibrosarcoma A malignant tumor that begins in fibrous connective tissue at the ends of the arm or leg bones and may spread…