Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

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

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Genetic disorders

leukoencephalopathy

Health care; Genetic disorders

Any of various diseases affecting the brain's white matter; especially: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy.

An acridine derivative formerly widely used as an antimalarial but superseded by chloroquine in recent years. It has also been used as an anthelmintic and in the treatment of giardiasis and malignant ...

interfamilial variability

Health care; Genetic disorders

Variability in clinical presentation of a particular disorder among affected individuals from different families.

gene silencing

Health care; Genetic disorders

Interruption or suppression of the expression of a gene at transcriptional or translational levels.

blepharophimosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

The abnormal narrowness of the palpebral fissure in the horizontal direction caused by the lateral displacement of the medial canthi of the eyelids.

brush border

Health care; Genetic disorders

Dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of epithelial cells in the intestine and kidney; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell.