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Cerebral calcification, nonarteriosclerotic
This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of calcium in certain of areas of the brain (including the basal ganglia and the cerebral cortex). Symptoms may…
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- Trisomy The presence of three copies of a chromosome rather than the normal two. The most common trisomies in…
- Genome, plague See: Plague bacterium genome
- FCC In medicine, familial colorectal cancer (not the Federal Communications Commission)
- Dystonia, oromandibular Oromandibular dystonia affects the muscles of the jaw, lips, and tongue. The jaw may be pulled either open or…
- Acute bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The…
- McCune-Albright syndrome Abbreviation (not only for McDonald's but also) for a number of entities in medicine including minimal change…
- BRCA1 A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells in the breast but which, when mutated, predisposes…
- BCNS Basal cell nevus syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle One of a group of diseases that may begin in childhood or later with slowly progressive weakness and wasting…
- Cal (Calorie) Italian-born American oncologist who was a leader in developing and testing drugs to treat Hodgkin's…