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X, factor
A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X takes place in the liver and requires vitamin K. The gene for factor X is located on chromosome 13 and is in band 13q34. The 'X' in…
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Show more- Beaded vitreous type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type II. See: Stickler syndrome
- Cor biloculare A two-chambered heart. Cor biloculare is due to failure of development of the walls that normally separate…
- Alarm clock headache A relatively rare form of headache in which the patient is awakened from sleep at the same time every night…
- Male chromosome complement The large majority of males have a 46, XY chromosome complement (46 chromosomes including an X and a Y…
- Chronic daily headache See: Headache, chronic daily
- LASIK LASIK: Abbreviation standing for laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis, a kind of laser eye surgery designed…
- Anergy A state of immune unresponsiveness. Induced when the T cell's antigen receptor is stimulated, effectively…
- Plague bacterium genome All of the DNA (the genome) of the bacterium Yersinia pestis that causes the plague, consisting of four rings…
- NASH Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- Anomaly, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Shoulder dislocation Displacement of the ball of the shoulder joint (the top rounded portion of the upper arm bone, or humerus)…
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type.