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Danon disease
A genetic disorder characterized by heart problems, mental retardation and muscle weakness that affects males who usually die of cardiac arrhythmia or heart failure at around the age of 30. The disease is due to a deficiency of LAMP-2…
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Show more- Doraphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of fur. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals such as dogs, cats…
- Juvenile melanoma See: Melanoma, juvenile
- Time, prothrombin A clotting test, the prothrombin time is done to test the integrity of part of the clotting scheme. The…
- Pinworm infection Pinworm infection: An infection caused by a small, white intestinal worm: the pinworm or, more formally…
- Syndrome, Brachmann-de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
- Lab result The result of a test done in a laboratory
- Karyotyping, flow Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content. Flow…
- ODD syndrome Oculodentodigital dysplasia
- Segmental arterial Doppler pressures A test that measures the blood pressures in the legs to make sure there is normal blood flow. The test is…
- Glycine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glycine is part of many…
- Cyanosis A bluish color of the skin and the mucous membranes due to insufficient oxygen in the blood. For example, the…
- Coccyx The small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine very near to the anus. The coccyx is made up of 3-5…