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Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children. and follows a chronic progressive course with additional episodes of rapid deterioration following stress from febrile infection or…
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Show more- Mouth 1. The upper opening of the digestive tract, beginning with the lips and containing the teeth, gums, and…
- Framingham Study A landmark study begun in 1948 in which some 12,000 residents of the town of Framingham, Massachusetts were…
- Lauterbur See: Lauterbur, Paul C.
- Juvenile Between infantile and adult as, for example, in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (onset before age 16 years) and…
- Childhood ataxia with CNS hypomyelinization Ataxia with central nervous system hypomyelinization: An inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in…
- Lipids Another word for 'fats.' (Please see the various meanings of Fat.) Lipids can be more formally defined as…
- Posthitis Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis). In the uncircumcised male, posthitis and balanitis…
- CML, juvenile See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Mitochondrial Referring to mitochondria. The mitochondria are normal structures called organelles in cells. They are…
- In situ hybridization, fluorescent An important molecular cytogenetic method for identifying chromosomes and parts of chromosomes, deciphering…
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…
- Lactose intolerance Lactose intolerance: Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose…