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Essential tremor
Uncontrollable shaking (tremor) of the hands and head and sometimes other parts of the body. Essential tremor is the most common of all movement disorders and is estimated to affect 3 to 4 million people in the US. In more than half of…
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- Drusen Tiny yellow or white deposits in the retina of the eye or on the optic nerve head. The presence of drusen is…
- Hyperlipidemia High lipid (fat) levels in the blood.
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- Cytomegalovirus (CMV) A virus that infects 50-85% of adults in the US by age 40 and is also the virus most frequently transmitted…
- Finished DNA sequence A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…