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Gorlin syndrome
Name sometimes used for the LEOPARD syndrome which Dr. Robert J. Gorlin and colleagues recognized and reported in the medical literature in 1969. A oral pathologist and clinical geneticist at the University of Minnesota, Bob Gorlin (1923-)…
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- Protein ZIP code An informal name for a molecular cell biology system of signals or 'address tags' that guide the movement of…
- Adenocarcinoma A cancer that develops in the lining or inner surface of an organ. More than 95 percent of prostate cancers…
- Poly1 isomerase An enzyme also known as Pin1. See: Pin1
- GM2-gangliosidosis, B variant This disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in…
- Ramus of the mandible One of the two prominent, projecting back parts of the horseshoe-shaped lower jaw bone
- Skin, tattooing of the The permanent insertion of ink or other pigments below the skin using a sharp instrument. Humans have done…
- Blood, urinary Medically called hematuria, blood in the urine can be microscopic or gross. Evaluating hematuria requires…
- Infant A child up to 2 years (24 months) of age. The word 'infant' came from the Latin infans which was derived from…
- Cancer of the tongue See: Tongue cancer
- Oogonium A female ancestral germ cell that divides several times to give rise to an oocyte that, in turn, develops…
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma