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Glycobiology
The study of molecules that contain carbohydrates, their structure and function, and the roles they play in biology. The extracellular matrix was long believed to merely be a static support with only limited influence on important…
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Show more- Acute kidney failure See: Acute renal failure
- Myositis Inflammation of muscle tissue. There are many causes of myositis, including injury, medications, and diseases
- IM (intramuscular) An IM medication is given by needle into the muscle. This is as opposed to a medication that is given by a…
- Myeloproliferative Referring to the proliferation of the bone marrow cells that give rise to red blood cells, granulocytes (a…
- Pendred syndrome Pendred syndrome: A genetic disease characterized by congenital deafness, abnormality of the bony labyrinth…
- Heptad repeat A type of tandem repeat sequence in which a group of seven aminoacids occurs many times in a protein…
- HHV-7 Human herpesvirus 7
- Normal tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) Deficiency of G6PD is the commonest disease-causing enzyme defect in humans affecting an estimated 400…
- Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def. Se: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality…
- Gooseflesh A temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold…
- Cystatin 3 See: Cystatin C