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Parkinson disease gene
A gene involved in the causation of Parkinson disease. There are a number of different autosomal dominant and recessive forms of Parkinson disease. They are called PARK1, PARK2, and so on: > >PARK1 is an autosomal dominant trait and is due…
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- Endoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers -- the other two are the mesoderm and ectoderm -- in the very early…
- Stickler's syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Stress echocardiography Stress echocardiography: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress…
- Hypertension, pulmonary See: Pulmonary hypertension
- LEOPARD syndrome A genetic syndrome transmitted in an autosomal dominant manner that is named for its characteristic features…
- AIDS dementia complex Dementia complex: A brain disorder that occurs in people with AIDS that causes the loss of cognitive…
- Mitochondria Normal structures responsible for energy production in cells. Mitochondria are located in the cytoplasm…
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- Aorta, thoracic The thoracic aorta is a section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, within the chest. Specifically…
- Binocular diplopia See: Diplopia, binocular