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Familial Parkinson disease type 2
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Show more- Decease To depart from life; to die
- Purpura, Schonlein-Henoch See: Schönlein-Henoch purpura
- Oligohydramnios Scant amniotic fluid: less than usual.
- Brachydactyly Short, stubby fingers and toes. Brachydactyly is a frequent feature of syndromes of congenital malformation…
- Rehydrate To restore lost water to the body tissues and fluids. Prompt rehydration is imperative whenever dehydration…
- Mead See: Mead, Margaret
- Drugs, statin A class of drugs that lower cholesterol. There are currently at least 5 statin drugs on the market in the…
- Currarino syndrome Failure of formation of all or part of the sacrum (the lowest section of the spine). Currarino syndrome is a…
- IL-4 Interleukin-4
- Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF) A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain…
- Tenia In medicine, tenia is a genus (group) of large tapeworms some of which are parasitic in humans. In anatomy…
- CD8+ T cell See: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte