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WHS
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
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- PLP1 The gene encoding proteolipid protein, or lipophilin, the primary constituent of myelin. The PLP1 gene is on…
- Marburg disease The virus that causes Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease which affects both humans and non-human primates…
- Nucleocaspid The genome plus the protein coat of a viral. The genome is nucleic acid. The protein coat is the capsid. The…
- Motor neurone disease Motor neuron disease. 'His suffering from motor neurone disease (MND) was finally over because he had chosen…
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