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Glycogen storage disease type V
One of the 14 recognized diseases that interfere with the storage of carbohydrates as glycogen in the body. Type V is the most common of the glycogen storage diseases and is associated with exercise intolerance. It is also called McArdle…
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- Berlin Heart The name of a company in Berlin, Germany and of a ventricular assist device it makes. The device works by…
- Acrochordon A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). An acrochordon may appear on skin anywhere although…
- Sleepwalking Sleepwalking: Purposeful moving, usually but not always including walking, while in a deep stage of sleep…
- ApoA-I Milano A variant of apolipoprotein A-I identified in about 40 inhabitants of Limone sul Garde, a small town in rural…
- Tenth cranial nerve The tenth cranial nerve, and one of the most important, is the vagus nerve. All twelve of the cranial nerves…
- Acute Of abrupt onset, in reference to a disease. Acute often also connotes an illness that is of short duration…
- Choana (Plural: choanae) The passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. There are two choanae…
- Premature menopause Premature menopause: Menopause (permanent cessation of menses) occurring before age 40 due to ovarian…
- Immunity, innate See: Innate immunity
- Hypohidrosis Subnormal sweating, less sweating than usual. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hypohidrosis is literally…
- Acute leukemia Leukemia: Cancer of the white blood cells (leukemia) that characteristically comes on abruptly and, if not…