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Familial Parkinson disease type 8
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- CRAC1 Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1. Also called hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed…
- Sweating The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These are small tubular glands…
- Calor Heat, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, rubor and tumor). From the Latin…
- Sickness, acute mountain (AMS) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the illness that results from being at high altitude. AMS is common at very…
- SERM Selective Estrogen-Receptor Modulator
- Transjugular, intrahepatic, portosystemic shunt S): A shunt (tube) placed between the portal vein which carries blood from the intestines to the liver and…
- Retinitis pigmentosa and congenital deafness (Also called Usher syndrome.) A genetic disorder characterized by hearing impairment and an eye disorder…
- Cancer, testicular Cancer of the male sex organ (testicle) that normally produces the hormone testosterone. One of the most…
- Ketone body A chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Asymptomatic infection An infection without symptoms. Also known as inapparent or subclinical infection
- SLV Sapporo-like virus. See: Sapovirus