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Startle disease
A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction). This disorder was not recognized until 1962 when it was described by Drs. Kok and Bruyn as a disease with the onset at birth of…
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Show more- Hormone, erythropoietin Erythropoietin is a substance produced by the kidney that leads to the formation of red blood cells in the…
- Gene-expression profiling A genomic technique that based on the fact that only a fraction of the genes encoded in the genome of a cell…
- Clonote The first cell produced by the combination of a nucleus and an enucleated ovum that launches the process of…
- Dandruff A mild skin condition that produces white flakes that may be shed and fall from the hair. Dandruff is due to…
- CpG In genetics, a site where cytosine (C) lies next to guanine (G) in the DNA sequence. (The p indicates that C…
- Wolfram syndrome A genetic neurodegenerative disease that leads to many different abnormalities including diabetes insipidus…
- PH, blood See: Blood pH
- Anesthesia, caudal epidural See Caudal anesthesia
- Phenomenon, knee See: Knee jerk
- Levothyroxine See: Thomas, Lewis.
- Proposita A female through whom a family medically comes to light (is first ascertained). Also called the proband or…
- Vaccine, meningococcal A vaccine to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and…