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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
Cranial nerves
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Twelve pairs of nerves that carry general afferent, visceral afferent, special afferent, somatic efferent, and autonomic efferent fibers. 2) Any of the 12 paired nerves that originate in the brain ...
Genetic inheritance
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Transmitted through genes that have been passed from parents to their offspring (children). 2) The reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring. 3) All of the genetic ...
Inheritance
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Transmitted through genes that have been passed from parents to their offspring (children). 2) The reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring. 3) All of the genetic ...
Chemotherapy
Health care; Genetic disorders
1) Treatment with anticancer drugs. 2) The use of chemical agents in the treatment or control of disease or mental disorder.
Homeodomain
Health care; Genetic disorders
A domain in a protein that is encoded for by a homeobox, that consists of about 60 amino acid residues which are usually similar from one such domain to another, and that recognises and binds to ...
Motif
Health care; Genetic disorders
A distinctive usually recurrent molecular sequence (as of amino acids or base pairs) or structural elements (as of secondary protein structures) such as a simple protein motif consisting of two alpha ...
Fanconi syndrome
Health care; Genetic disorders
A disorder of reabsorption in the proximal convoluted tubules of the kidney characterised especially by the presence of glucose, amino acids, and phosphates in the urine.
