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Deficiency, ceruloplasmin
Lack of the protein ceruloplasmin from the blood and accumulation of iron in the pancreas, liver and brain, causing diabetes and progressive nervous system degeneration with the tremors and gait abnormalities characteristic of Parkinson…
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Show more- Poison oak Poison oak is a form of 'contact dermatitis' or inflammation of the skin resulting from chemicals produced…
- Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1 Abbreviated CRAC1. Also known as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome
- Litho- See: Lithium.
- Blindness, legal See: Legal blindness
- Congenital neutropenia, severe (SCN) Neutropenia, severe (SCN): Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white blood cell…
- Deafness and keratopachydermia See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome.
- PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Glottis The middle part of the larynx, the area where the vocal cords are located
- Demulcent Soothing. The word 'demulcent' comes from the Latin verb, 'demulcere' meaning 'to caress.' Something that is…
- Cornelia de Lange syndrome See: de Lange syndrome
- Estrogens Female hormones produced by the ovaries. Estrogen deficiency can lead to osteoporosis. Estrogen therapy…
- Jennerian method The production of immunity to a disease by inoculation of an attenuated form of the virus causing the…