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Proteins, G
These molecules have been described as 'biological traffic lights.' Located inside the cell, G proteins are able respond to signals outside the cell-light, smell, hormones-and translate (transduce) these signals into action within the…
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Show more- Syndrome, Danlos Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…
- Acute renal failure Sudden and often temporary loss of kidney function. Also called acute kidney failure. As opposed to chronic…
- Syncope, vasovagal See: Vasovagal syncope
- EPO (erythropoietin) Erythropoietin): A hormone produced by the kidney that promotes the formation of red blood cells in the bone…
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) Fever (RMSF): An acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the Rocky Mountain states, caused…
- Dutch-Kentucky syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- Brachial plexus palsy Paralysis of the arm due to an injury to the brachial plexus, a network of spinal nerves that originates in…
- Stripping Surgery to treat varicose veins. The problematic veins are 'stripped' out by passing a flexible device…
- Glomerulus 1.In the kidney, a tiny ball-shaped structure composed of capillary blood vessels actively involved in the…
- Autosomal dominant A pattern of inheritance in which an affected individual has one copy of a mutant gene and one normal gene on…
- Elbow, cellulitis of the Inflammation of the skin around the elbow due to infection (cellulitis) commonly occurs as a result of…
- APL Abbreviation for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency…