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

erythroblast

Health care; Genetic disorders

A polychromatic nucleated cell of red marrow that synthesizes hemoglobin and that is an intermediate in the initial stage of red blood cell formation; broadly: a cell ancestral to red blood cells.

trabecular meshwork

Health care; Genetic disorders

A porelike structure surrounding the entire circumference of the anterior chamber of the eye, through which aqueous humor circulates to the canal of Schlemm.

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 nervous system disease or syndrome

Health care; Genetic disorders

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 ...

preimplantation diagnosis

Health care; Genetic disorders

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

mutation scanning

Health care; Genetic disorders

A process by which a segment of DNA is screened via one of a variety of methods to identify variant gene region(s). Variant regions are further analyzed (by sequence analysis or mutation analysis) to ...