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Clinically known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of findings consisting of ichthyosis (thickened fish-like skin), spastic paraplegia (spasticity of the legs) and…
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- Percutaneous Through the skin, as in a percutaneous biopsy
- Differentiation 1 The process by which cells become progressively more specialized; a normal process through which cells…
- Cranial nerve I The first nerve to emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium). (There are twelve cranial nerves.) The first…
- Hepatotoxic Injurious to the liver. For example, acetaminophen (Tylenol) can be hepatotoxic.
- Humidifier fever Fever: A form of sick building syndrome that usually develops on Monday or the first workday of the week. The…
- Myelogenous Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and…
- Vascular Relating to the blood vessels of the body. The blood vessels of the body, as a group, are referred to as the…
- Acentric chromosome A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is…
- Cyst of the ovary, follicular A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- Angiogenesis The process of developing new blood vessels. Angiogenesis is important in the normal development of the…
- Cysts Cysts: Cysts are abnormal, closed sac-like structures within a tissue that contain a liquid, gaseous, or…