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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
A genetic disease of nerves characterized by progressively debilitating muscle weakness, particularly of the limbs. The foremost feature is marked wasting of the distal extremities, particularly the peroneal muscle groups in the calves…
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- Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy One of a number of progressive neurodegenerative disorders in animals and humans caused by similar…
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- Band, Q A form of chromosome band, one of the bright and dull fluorescent bands seen alternating along the length of…
- Cerebrohepatorenal syndrome A genetic disorder, which is also called the Zellweger syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of…