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Syndrome, Noonan (NS)
A multifaceted genetic disorder characterized by a series of birth defects (congenital malformations) including dysmorphic (malformed) facial features, short stature after birth (postnatal growth retardation), webbing of the neck…
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- Prognostic 1. (adjective) In medicine, relating to the prognosis of a disease. For example, a favorable prognostic…
- MMR Stands for the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine. The MMR vaccine is now given in two dosages. The first should…
- Hepatic transplant See: Liver transplant
- Cubital tunnel syndrome A form of mononeuropathy due to compression or other injury of the ulnar nerve at the elbow. Symptoms of the…
- Mitochondrial myopathy A group of neuromuscular diseases caused by damage to the mitochondria, energy-producing structures in cells…
- Pseudoparalysis, spastic Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. CJD is believed to be due…
- Fear of travel An irrational and unreasonable fear of travel is called agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is a very complex phobia. It…
- Proteins Large molecules composed of one or more chains of amino acids in a specific order determined by the base…
- Cutis The skin. Cutis marmorata is marble skin, a normal response to cold. The word cutis is Latin for skin. See…
- Transposon A short mobile DNA sequence that can replicate and of which copies can be inserted at random sites within…
- Wolfram syndrome A genetic neurodegenerative disease that leads to many different abnormalities including diabetes insipidus…