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A disorder characterized by advanced bone age at birth, broad forehead, prominent eyes, and small chin. There is difficulty feeding, failure to thrive, retarded psychomotor development, and predisposition to respiratory infection. It may…
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Show more- Syndrome, Aarskog-Scott See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Open fracture A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called a compound fracture. NTER> Note that…
- Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def Cy: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality…
- Birth control ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Birth control Main…
- Belly That part of the body that contains all of the structures between the chest and the pelvis. Also called the…
- Quadrant A quarter. For example, the liver is in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen.
- Human gene therapy Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. The treatment of disease by…
- Biallelic Pertaining to both alleles (both alternative forms of a gene). For example, biallelic mutations in the gene…
- Pneumoconiosis The deposition of particulate matter such as asbestos and silicon in the lungs. See also: Black lung disease
- PROMM Proximal myotonic myopathy. See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Meltdown, genetic A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and…
- Thalassemia major The dire disease also known as beta thalassemia. The clinical picture of this form of anemia was first…