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GLA
1. Alpha-galactosidase A, the enzyme that is deficient in Fabry disease.2. Gamma-linolenic acid, an essential fatty acid.
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Show more- Peptidase An enzyme that can break down a peptide into its component amino acids
- Palindrome Pertaining to a palindrome. A DNA sequence that reads the same in both directions is a palindromic sequence.
- Pharmacist A professional who fills prescriptions, and in the case of a compounding pharmacist, makes them. Pharmacists…
- Pes Latin word meaning foot.
- Blood pressure, high Also known as hypertension, high blood pressure is, by definition, a repeatedly elevated blood pressure…
- Single-masked See: Single-blind
- Long-term care facility A facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or…
- AHC Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- German measles (historical note) In 1941 N. M. Gregg, an Australian ophthalmologist, recognized that infection of the mother with German…
- Germline mutation Mutation: A heritable change in the DNA that occurred in a germ cell (a cell destined to become an egg or in…
- Gamma linolenic acid See: Gamma-linolenic acid
- Tapazol Trade name for methimazole, an antithyroid medication.