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Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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Genetic disorders

Arachnodactyly

Health care; Genetic disorders

A hereditary condition characterised especially by excessive length of the fingers and toes.

Polypus

Health care; Genetic disorders

A growth that protrudes from a mucous membrane.

Polyp

Health care; Genetic disorders

A growth that protrudes from a mucous membrane.

Peripheral nervous system disease or syndrome

Health care; Genetic disorders

A problem in peripheral nerve function (any part of the nervous system except the brain and spinal cord) that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, and muscle weakness in various parts of the ...

Peripheral neuropathy

Health care; Genetic disorders

A problem in peripheral nerve function (any part of the nervous system except the brain and spinal cord) that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, and muscle weakness in various parts of the ...

Preimplantation diagnosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

A procedure used to decrease the chance of a particular genetic condition for which the foetus is specifically at risk by testing one cell removed from early embryos conceived by in vitro ...

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation

Health care; Genetic disorders

A procedure in which a person receives blood-forming stem cells (cells from which all blood cells develop) from a genetically similar, but not identical, donor. This is often a sister or brother, but ...

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