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Dyskeratosis congenita
An inherited cause of bone-marrow failure, dyskeratosis congenita is a syndrome characterized by abnormal excess skin pigmentation, abnormal or absent nails, and mucosal leukoplakia (white premalignant areas on the lips and conjunctiva of…
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- Subclavian steal An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable…
- Vision therapy The use of special eye exercises to address eye defects, such as strabismus. Some vision therapists also…
- Sepsis, neonatal A serious blood bacterial infection in an infant less than 4 weeks of age. Babies with sepsis may be…
- SMA Spinal muscular atrophy
- IRB Institutional Review Board
- FFI Fatal familial insomnia
- Superior A large vein that receives blood from the head, neck, upper extremities, and thorax and delivers it to the…
- Gametic selection Preferential selection of gametes (germ cells -- sperm or eggs). Gametic selection is a mechanism of…
- Amphetamine A drug with a stimulant effect on the central nervous system that can be both physically and psychologically…
- Linkage The tendency for genes and other genetic markers to be inherited together because of their location near one…
- Dysplasia, congenital hip The abnormal formation of the hip joint in which the ball at the top of the thighbone (the femoral head) is…