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Deficiency, uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase
See: UROD deficiency
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- Pelvic Having to do with the pelvis, the lower part of the abdomen, located between the hip bones
- Chiropractor Someone who practices chiropractic. Chiropractic defined as a system of diagnosis and treatment that is based…
- Deficiency, FALDH Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Medicine, Chinese See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Deficiency, hex-A See: Tay-Sachs disease
- B. cepacia See: Burkholderia cepacia
- Keshan disease Condition caused by deficiency of the essential mineral selenium. Keshan disease is a potentially fatal form…
- Lysosome An organelle (a little organ) in a cell containing enzymes that degrade macromolecules (large molecules) and…
- Amok A syndrome first reported in the Malay people, usually male, consisting of a period of brooding followed by a…
- Acoustic neurinoma A benign tumor that may develop on the hearing and balance nerves near the inner ear. The tumor results from…
- Juvenile melanoma See: Melanoma, juvenile