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Seborrheic eczema
Yellowish, oily, scaly patches of skin on the scalp, face, and occasionally other parts of the body
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- Mitochondrial inheritance The inheritance of a trait encoded in the mitochondrial genome. Because of the oddities of mitochondria…
- Gene-expression profiling A genomic technique that based on the fact that only a fraction of the genes encoded in the genome of a cell…
- Health, Saami See: Artic health
- Gum disease Gum disease: Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and…
- Smallpox vaccination of fetus See Congenital vaccinia
- Antigen, prostate specific See: PSA
- Immunoglobulin G Abbreviated IgG. A major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Hammer toe A flexed (curled) but not abnormally rotated toe. May require surgical correction
- FBLN5 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 5. See: Fibulin 5
- Cholesterol lowering with niacin Niacin or nicotinic acid, one of the water-soluble B vitamins, improves all lipoproteins when given in doses…
- Nonbacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate not due to bacterial infection. The prostate is a walnut-sized…