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Syndrome, contiguous gene
A disorder clearly involving multiple gene loci that are adjacent to one another. An example of a contiguous gene syndrome is Angelman syndrome. It is due to the loss of a series of genes from a region of chromosome 15 termed 15q13-15…
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- Disease, cystine transport Commonly known as cystinuria, this is an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino acid (a…
- SI joint pain See sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Bowel Another name for the intestine. The small bowel and the large bowel are the small intestine and large…
- School, first American medical See: First American medical school
- MADH4 A tumor suppressor gene (also known as SMAD4/DPC4) located on chromosome 18 in band 18q21 1. About 15% to 20%…
- Miliary aneurysm An aneurysm that is tiny like a millet seed. Miliary aneurysms tend to affect minute arteries in the brain…
- Psychoneuroimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the neural, immune and endocrine (hormonal) systems. The…
- Emergency postcoital contraception See: Emergency contraception
- Roundworm C. elegans genome See: C. elegans genome
- Triskaidekaphobia Fear of the number 13. Written reference to this fear dates to the late 1800s. The term triskaidekaphobia…
- Genome, mouse All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular…