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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
A disease that is virtually identical to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) but without a mutation in the PLP1 gene that causes PMD. Both PMD and Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease (PMLD) are characterized by rapid, involuntary movements of…
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Show more- Ordre des Medecins The Conseil National de l'Ordre des Médecins. The French equivalent of the American Medical Association (the…
- Watson, James American biologist (1928-) who, with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, shared the 1962 Nobel prize in…
- Selenium deficiency See Deficiency, selenium
- Robertsonian translocation A common and significant type of chromosome rearrangement that is formed by fusion of the whole long arms of…
- Colography, computed tomography Virtual colonoscopy
- Gram calorie See: Calorie
- Dilatate To enlarge or expand. For example, to dilatate the eye is to enlarge the pupil temporarily with special…
- Open charting The practice of making medical charts available to the patient
- Refractory anemia Anemia (a shortage of red blood cells) unresponsive to treatment
- Immunization, yellow fever A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical…
- Tropical diabetes Diabetes mellitus associated with chronic malnutrition and, sometimes, chronic pancreatitis. Whether tropical…
- Red blood cells The blood cells that carry oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them…