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Genetics, transplantation
The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a transplant. The most important genes deciding the fate of a transplanted cell, tissue, or organ belong to what is termed the MHC (the…
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- Study, diachronic See: Study, longitudinal
- NIEHS Stands for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health in…
- Chlorinated camphene See: Toxaphene
- Idiocy, amaurotic familial An outdated term for Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) which is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance…
- Smallpox vaccination of eye See Vaccinia keratitis
- Febrile seizure A convulsion that occurs in association with a rapid increase in body temperature. Febrile seizures are…
- Retinoschisis, juvenile See: Juvenile retinoschisis
- Vrolik's disease Osteogenesis imperfecta type II, an inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility, the…
- CEPT Cholesterol ester transfer protein
- Aneurysm A localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an aneurysm, there is…
- Calcified granuloma A calcified granuloma is a granuloma containing calcium deposits. Since it usually takes some time for…