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Familial hypercholesterolemia
The most common inherited type of hyperlipidemia (high lipid levels in blood). One in every 500 children is born with familial hypercholesterolemia. The condition predisposes to premature arteriosclerosis including coronary artery disease…
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Show more- Chemokine receptor Chemokine receptor: A molecule that receives a chemokine and a chemokine dock. A chemokine is a protein that…
- MSBP Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Hormone, mineralocorticoid A group of hormones, the most important being aldosterone, that regulate the balance of water and…
- Suicide gene A gene whose expression in a cell is lethal for that cell. Suicide genes form the basis of a strategy for…
- G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor. A colony-stimulating factor that stimulates the production of…
- Chiropractor Someone who practices chiropractic. Chiropractic defined as a system of diagnosis and treatment that is based…
- Braille system A system of raised-dot writing devised by Louis Braille (1809-1852) for the blind in which each letter is…
- Iodide The chemical form to which iodine in the diet is reduced before it is absorbed through the intestinal wall…
- Hepatitis C PCR See: HCV PCR
- Lochia The fluid that weeps from the vagina for a week or so after delivery of a baby. At first the lochia is…
- Nevi The plural of nevus
- Dementia Dementia: Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with…