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Familial Parkinson disease type 8
A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 12p11.2-q13.1. Also known as PARK8
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- Congenital anemia with spinocerebellar ataxia See: Pagon syndrome
- Hypovolemic shock See shock.
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma
- Hair follicle A sac from which a hair grows and into which the sebaceous (oil) glands open. The follicle is lined by cells…
- San Joaquin Valley disease A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Bubo An enlarged lymph node ('swollen gland') that is tender and painful, particularly in the groin and armpit…
- Catheter, Swan-Ganz The insertion of a tiny tube (a catheter) into a peripheral or central vein to deliver fluids or medication…
- Secretary's knee The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes…
- Absence seizure A seizure that takes the form of a staring spell. The person suddenly seems to be 'absent.' An absence…
- Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes See Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
- Dressler syndrome Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart) after a heart attack…