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Fabry disease
A genetic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme alpha-galactosidase A. This enzyme is essential to the metabolism of molecules known as glycosphingolipids. Without the enzyme, glycosphingolipids accumulate in the kidneys, heart, nerves…
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Show more- Myometrium The muscular outer layer of the uterus.
- CCR5 A chemokine receptor found on monocytes and lymphocytes that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains…
- Multifactorial Multiple factors. Multifactorial inheritance is the type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than…
- Lumpectomy The surgical removal of a small tumor (a lump) which may or may not be benign (or malignant). Lumpectomy has…
- Crapulence Sickness or indisposition resulting from an excess of drinking (or eating). Crapulence is an almost exact…
- Melanoma, juvenile Melanoma, juvenile: A benign raised pink or red scaly area typically seen on a preadolescent child's skin…
- Cavernous hemangioma A type of hemangioma composed of blood-filled 'lakes' and channels. It is typically raised and red or…
- Corneal Pertaining to the cornea, the clear front window of the eye that transmits and focuses light into the eye
- Hair, exclamation point Exclamation point hair is a key diagnostic finding in a disorder called alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is…
- PXE See pseudoxanthoma elasticum
- Angina pectoris Chest pain that is typically severe and crushing with a feeling just behind the breastbone (the sternum) of…
- Involuntary Done other than in accordance with the conscious will of the individual. The opposite of voluntary. The terms…