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Transaminase, serum glutamic oxaloacetic
An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells, and is released into blood when the liver or heart is damaged. Blood SGOT levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the…
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- Spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant A degenerative disorder of nerves with progressive spasticity of the legs. Abbreviated as AD-HSP. Spasticity…
- Glutamate A form of glutamic acid. See: Glutamic acid
- Analysis, linkage Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and…
- Barlow syndrome Barlow syndrome is mitral valve prolapse (also known as 'click murmur syndrome'), the most common heart valve…
- Basic Local Alignment Search Tool Abbreviated BLAST. A computer program that identifies homologous genes in different organisms (such as worms…
- Growth and differentiation factor 8 Also called myostatin. See: Myostatin
- Dupuytren, Guillaume (1777-1835) The leading French surgeon of the early part of the 19th century. Dupuytren reported the…
- Tic douloureux A synonym for trigeminal neuralgia. From the French, meaning literally a painful tic. See: Trigeminal…
- Under the weather Colloquial expression for sick or ill as, for example, to be under the weather with the flu. The phrase…