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PGA (polyglandular autoimmune syndrome)
A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism -- underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium…
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Show more- Multifactorial inheritance The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Arsenic >Breathing workplace air with sawdust or burning smoke from wood containing arsenic >Ingesting contaminated…
- Differentiation therapy Differentiation therapy: An approach to the treatment of advanced or aggressive malignancies in which the…
- Evolutionarily conserved sequence A base sequence in a DNA molecule (or an amino acid sequence in a protein) that has remained largely…
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Baker's yeast. The simplest single-cell organism that operates in a manner similar to a human cell and…
- Fasciolopsis The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis.
- Meningococcal meningitis Meningitis: Inflammation of the meninges (the membranes covering of the brain and spinal cord) due to…
- Leaded 1. Framed, covered, or weighted with lead. As a leaded window. 2. Added in the form of tetraethyl lead as an…
- Dynacin Brand name for minocycline
- John W. Kirkland See: Kirklin, John W.
- Bone cyst, aneurysmal A benign lesion in a bone that contains connective tissue and blood inside a thin bony shell and that acts…
- Exclamation point hair Exclamation point hair is a key diagnostic finding in a disorder called alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is…