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Achondrogenesis type II
A severe inherited disorder of bone growth characterized by a short body and limbs and a lack of bone formation in the spine and pelvis. Infants with this disorder have short arms and legs, a small chest with short ribs, and underdeveloped…
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- Disease, manic-depressive See Manic-depression
- Cell suicide See: Apoptosis
- Plastic surgeon A surgeon who specializes in reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents…
- Cholangiogram, intravenous See: Intravenous cholangiogram
- Bone, ankle The ankle bone is termed the talus. It is the bone of the foot that joins the tibia and fibula to form the…
- Letrozole Letrozole: An oral antiestrogen. Letrozole inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces…
- Depression Depression: An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and…
- Cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase See: Protein kinase A
- San Joaquin Valley disease A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…
- Fugue state The complete order of bases in a gene. This order determines which protein a gene will produce.