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Cystine transport disease
Commonly known as cystinuria, this is an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino acid (a building block of protein) called cystine resulting in an excess of cystine in the urine (cystinuria) and the formation of cystine…
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Show more- Drug-induced liver disease Drug-induced liver disease: Drug-induced liver diseases are diseases of the liver that are caused by…
- Leukodystrophy A disorder of the white matter of the brain, the part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibers. The…
- Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of lactate to pyruvate. This is an important step in energy…
- Round window The membrane separating the inner ear and middle ear. The tympanum (eardrum) separates the middle ear and…
- Anetoderma An area of slack 'baglike' skin due to a local absence or loss of elastic fibers in the skin. The skin…
- Cerebral fornix An arching fibrous band in the brain connecting the two lobes of the cerebrum. (The cerebrum is the largest…
- Subdural Below the dura, the outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the…
- Serration A finely notching like that along the cutting edge of a saw. The serratus muscles take their name from their…
- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), best known on the street as 'Ecstacy.' An illicit drug, considered…
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome: A condition caused by an abnormality in the electrical system of the heart…
- Transient insomnia See Insomnia, transient
- Canavan disease Canavan disease: A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The…