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Tylosis with esophageal cancer
A genetic disorder characterized by thickening (hyperkeratosis) of the palms and soles, white patches in the mouth (oral leukoplakia), and a very high risk of esophageal cancer. This is the only genetic syndrome known to predispose to…
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- Medication, ACE-inhibitor A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin…
- RNA Short for ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid molecule similar to DNA but containing ribose rather than…
- Sliding hiatal hernia Hiatal hernias are categorized as being either sliding or para-esophageal. Sliding hiatal hernias are those…
- Map, cytogenetic A genetic term referring to the visual appearance of a chromosome when stained and examined under a…
- Dancing mania of Maracaibo Huntington disease. Beginning in the 1950s Dr. Americo Negrette observed a number of people with a dancing…
- American Diabetes Association (ADA) The American Diabetes Association (ADA) provides the following introduction: 'The American Diabetes…
- Shunt, Blalock-Taussig A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Sore, cold A small sore situated on the face or in the mouth that causes pain, burning, or itching before bursting and…
- Dreams Thoughts, visions, and other sensations that occupy the mind in sleep. Dreams occur during that part of sleep…
- Cancer, womb See: Uterine cancer
- Leptin A hormone that has a central role in fat metabolism. Leptin was originally thought to be a signal to lose…