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  Hereditary Lymphedema
The primary symptom of Hereditary Lymphedema is swelling or puffiness in different parts of the body due to the accumulation of lymphatic fluid in the soft layers of tissue under the skin (lymphedema).
Complications of Hereditary Lymphedema may include inflammation of lymphatic vessels (lymphangitis) and infection of the skin (cellulitis) characterized by areas of warm and painful reddened skin that are hot to the touch.
Hereditary Angioedema is a rare inherited vascular disorder characterized by the excessive accumulation of body fluids in lymphatic vessels or veins.
journals.aol.com /patoco2/Lymphedemaville/entries/931   (1831 words)

  
 How Are Breast and Ovarian Cancer Inherited?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hereditary factors clearly and strongly contribute to 5 percent to 10 percent of all breast cancer cases.
For example, hereditary breast cancer is also part of the rare hereditary cancer syndromes Li-Fraumeni syndrome and Cowden syndrome, which are associated with mutations in the p53 gene and the PTEN gene respectively.
Likewise, in some families, hereditary ovarian cancer may be associated with mutations that give rise to other syndromes that are distinguished by the patterns of cancer in the family.
www.genetichealth.com /BROV_Breast_and_Ovarian_Cancer_in_Families.shtml   (1188 words)

  
 Books at Duke University Press   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Gross argues that the perpetrators and the state jointly constructed fl female crime.
Ultimately, Gross contends that the history of fl female criminals is in many ways a history of the rift between the political rhetoric of democracy and the legal and social realities of those marginalized by its shortcomings.
Kali N. Gross approaches her subjects with sensitivity without being sentimental as she unravels the complexities of poor women as agents and as victims negotiating survival and bouts with the law.
www.dukeupress.edu /books.php3?isbn=3799-1   (769 words)

  
 Effects of Hemochromatosis
Hereditary haemochromatosis reflects a fractional increase in dietary iron absorption (Cox and Peters, 1978) (Cox and Peters, 1980) (Lynch et al., 1989).
The distinguishing feature between transfusional iron overload and hereditary hemochromatosis is the presence of large deposits of iron in the reticuloendothelial cells with the former.
Decades of iron deposition in articular cartilage in hereditary hemochromatosis is the presumed cause of this condition.
sickle.bwh.harvard.edu /hemochromatosis.html   (3159 words)

  
 Hereditary Multiple Exostoses
Hereditary multiple exostoses (HME) is characterized by growths of multiple exostoses, benign cartilage-capped bone tumors that grow outward from the metaphyses of long bones.
Hereditary multiple exostoses is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.
Jones KB and Morcuende JA (2003) Of hedgehogs and hereditary bone tumors: re-examination of the pathogenesis of osteochondromas.
www.geneclinics.org /profiles/ext/details.html   (5319 words)

  
 Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Carcinoma (HNPCC)
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is caused by mutations in the mismatch-repair genes.
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer syndrome (HNPCC) and its variant Muir-Torre syndrome (MTS) are caused by germline DNA mismatch repair gene mutations.
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer syndrome in a patient with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urothelial tract.
www.thedoctorsdoctor.com /diseases/hnpcc.htm   (8806 words)

  
 Non-polyposis Colon Cancer, Hereditary - June 2001: 706721   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
AB - Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a common hereditary syndrome characterized by the high incidence and early onset of colorectal cancer.
AB - Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominant cancer predisposition syndrome caused by germ-line mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes.
Germ-line mutations of MMR genes in the patients with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer lead to inactivation of MMR protein functions, and the defects of MMR are well correlated to the high rate of microsatellite instability in their tumors.
www.acor.org /cnet/706721.html   (5235 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook - Notes and Definitions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Gross national product (GNP) is the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year, plus income earned by its citizens abroad, minus income earned by foreigners from domestic production.
It is measured gross of the depreciation of the assets, i.e., it includes invesment that merely replaces worn-out or scrapped capital.
GRT or gross register tonnage is a figure obtained by measuring the entire sheltered volume of a ship available for cargo and passengers and converting it to tons on the basis of 100 cubic feet per ton; there is no stable relationship between GRT and DWT.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/docs/notesanddefs.html   (9887 words)

  
 Chapter 7 - Section 12: First Principles of Gastroenterology
Characteristically in primary deficiencies, which are rare, only one enzyme is involved; the deficiency is present at birth (with the exception of the adult-onset form of lactase deficiency), not associated with intestinal disease, and irreversible.
Delayed-onset (adult-onset) hereditary lactase deficiency is extremely common and probably "normal" for humans.
Beginning as early as age 2 years in some racial groups, and as late as adolescence in others, the activities of lactase in the majority of the world's populations drop sharply.
gastroresource.com /GITextbook/en/Chapter7/7-12.htm   (432 words)

  
 Hereditary Hemochromatosis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hereditary hemochromatosis is thought to be the most common inherited disorder in whites, and perhaps the most common classically inherited disease in America.
Hereditary hemochromatosis has been traditionally defined as an inherited disorder characterized by inappropriately high absorption of dietary iron, which leads to abnormal accumulation of iron in parenchymal organs.
The clinical disease of hereditary hemochromatosis is usually caused by a homozygous autosomal recessive mutation in the HFE gene.
www.familypractice.com /journal/2001/v14.n04/1404.05/1404.05.htm   (4140 words)

  
 Fascism : 100 Questions Asked and Answered
Yet under the present system, such an owner of hereditary wealth is treated as altogether admirable, while an object of scorn and attack is the man devoting his whole life to the countryside, where the roots of his family have extended for centuries in the hereditary tenure of land.
Hereditary wealth, therefore, will not be permitted unless service is given in return.
Hereditary wealth which is not justified by service will revert to the State.
www.oswaldmosley.com /buf/100questions.htm   (10102 words)

  
 Healthepic-Foetal disorders or congenital anomalies and their treatment according to ayurveda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is important to avoid marriage in close relatives as the chances of hereditary diseases are increased.
It is important to avoid aetiological factors of hereditary diseases and congenital anomalies.
Indravaruni by expectant parents and pregnant ladies for the prevention of hereditary diseases is advised.
www.healthepic.com /ayurveda/mother&childcare/dis_foetal_congenital.htm   (398 words)

  
 X-linked Alport Syndrome
Alport syndrome, or hereditary nephritis, is a rare, progressive form of glomerular disease that affects 1 in 50,000 live births.
The clinical manifestations include recurrent episodes of gross hematuria, especially in childhood, as in the case vignette.
Hereditary nephropathy (Alport's syndrome): Correlation of clinical data with glomerular basement membrane alterations.
www.ispub.com /ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijne/vol1n1/alport.xml   (1079 words)

  
 Mali
The per capita gross national product was approximately $250, which provided most of the population with a low standard of living, although there was a sizable middle class.
Hereditary servitude relationships continued to link different ethnic groups, particularly in the north.
For example, there was a hereditary service relationship between members of the Bellah ethnic group and other Tuareg populations.
www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27738.htm   (5304 words)

  
 Genetic Health - What Is Hemochromatosis?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
The most common cause of hemochromatosis is genetics — hereditary hemochromatosis, in which the disease runs in families, is the most common
In fact, approximately 1 in 200 people in the United States is thought to have a mutation necessary for iron overload, but a far smaller number of people develop fully symptomatic hemochromatosis.
Men are twice as likely to go to their doctor with symptoms of hereditary hemochromatosis than women.
www.genetichealth.com /HCROM_What_Is_Hemochromatosis.shtml   (2124 words)

  
 Ambry Genetics - Ambry Test Genetic Testing for Cystic Fibrosis, Pancreatitis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Gross deletion testing can aid in those cases when full gene sequence analysis has not resulted in a conclusive diagnosis.
Gross deletions comprise a significant percentage of mutations causing CF.
From now through the end of August, patients who have previously had their DNA analyzed by the Ambry Test: CF can be tested for gross deletions for $250.
www.ambrygen.com /news/news_2005MAY20.htm   (568 words)

  
 glossary
An early theory of inheritance advanced the notion that hereditary characters were contained in an immutable 'plasm' transmitted unchanged from parent to offspring (literally (Greek): a plasm is a mould or matrix in which materials may be cast or formed: a 'plasma' is the result).
A germplasm bank is an organised collection of seed or other genetic material (each genotype entered being called an accession) from which new cultivars may be generated.
A procedure whereby activities are selected on the basis of the gross margin from a unit of only one key constraint, usually labour or land.
www.pestmanagement.co.uk /lib/glossary/glossary_g.shtml   (2629 words)

  
 Eureka County, Nevada -- Yucca Mountain Information Office -- Price-Anderson Act Report
The Act's broad definition of an indemnified "person" (see 42 USC 2214) would include both paid and volunteer emergency workers, but not persons who are covered by workers' compensation laws and employed in connection with the activity where the nuclear incident occurs [ed.].
In general, there are two types of stochastic effects: those inducing cancer in the exposed person, and those resulting in hereditary disorders in their descendants.
Hereditary effects are presumed to exist based on research on mice [Court of Appeals, 1999, p.
www.yuccamountain.org /price003.htm   (8125 words)

  
 Young, Arthur Young's Travels in France, Chapter 5: Library of Economics and Liberty
Instances, and even gross ones, have been reported to me in many parts of the kingdom, that made me shudder at the oppression to which numbers must have been condemned, by the undue favours granted to such crooked influence.
There are three apparent benefits in an aristocracy forming the part of a constitution; first, the fixed, consolidated, and hereditary importance of the great nobility, is, for the most part, a bar to the dangerous pretensions, and illegal views, of a victorious and highly popular king, president, or leader.
Before the revolution is condemned in the gross, it should be considered what extent of liberty was demanded by the three orders in their cahiers; and this in particular is necessary, since those very cahiers are quoted to show the mischievous proceedings of the National Assembly.
www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Young/yngTF5.html   (5902 words)

  
 The New American - Is Homosexuality Hereditary? - June 8, 1998   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
In other words, the researcher claimed that homosexuality is locked into the genetic makeup of "gays" and that the "trait" is heritable in the same way that, for example, hair color or eye color are derived from one’s genes.
The research in question, based on postmortem examinations of the brains of men who had died from AIDS, compared a region in the brains of rats, believed by the researcher to affect sexual behavior, to a similar region in the brains of humans.
First of all, the postmortem examinations were of men who had died of AIDS, and so it could not be stated with any degree of reliability that the distinctive attributes supposedly found by LeVay were not a result of the ravages of AIDS.
www.thenewamerican.com /tna/1998/vo14no12/vo14no12_hereditary.htm   (552 words)

  
 archives | Mathew Gross
In the words of James Madison, "the accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny."...
Moreover, there is in fact an inherent power that is conferred by the Constitution to the President to take unilateral action to protect the nation from a sudden and immediate threat, but it is simply not possible to precisely define in legalistic terms exactly when that power is appropriate and when it is not.
But the existence of that inherent power cannot be used to justify a gross and excessive power grab lasting for years that produces a serious imbalance in the relationship between the executive and the other two branches of government.
mathewgross.com /community/archive/2006/01/16   (3206 words)

  
 eMedicine - Angioedema, Hereditary : Article by Warren R Heymann, MD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Background: Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is an autosomal dominant disorder of C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency manifested by painless, nonpruritic, nonpitting, swelling of the skin.
Agostoni A, Cicardi M: Hereditary and acquired C1-inhibitor deficiency: biological and clinical characteristics in 235 patients.
Ariga T, Hoshioka A, Kohno Y, et al: A de novo deletion in the C1 inhibitor gene in a case of sporadic hereditary angioneurotic edema.
www.emedicine.com /derm/topic24.htm   (2237 words)

  
 AUTHORS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
It is a malformation of the elbow joint(s).
VWD is a hereditary a bleeding disorder similar to hemophilia.
Dogs used for breeding should be examined annually by a Board-certified Veterinary ophthalmologist, until at least eight years of age, as hereditary eye problems may not present themselves until later in life.
www.angelfire.com /pa/rotweilers/authors.html   (2310 words)

  
 UMHS - Gross Obesity
Gross obesity is defined as weighing more than twice your ideal weight or being more than 100 pounds overweight.
Surgery is performed in the management of gross obesity after careful consideration and discussion of risks and benefits.
The best way to prevent obesity and gross obesity problems is to manage weight gain as it occurs.
dwb.unl.edu /Teacher/NSF/C11/C11Links/www.med.umich.edu/1libr/primry/life14.htm   (1037 words)

  
 Fortnightly review: Hereditary ovarian carcinoma -- Kasprzak et al. 318 (7186): 786 -- BMJ
The genes implicated in hereditary ovarian cancer are given in table 2.
One of the key observations in cancer family syndromes is that the cancer presents at an early age.
Hereditary ovarian carcinoma is uncommon: it accounts for at most 5%-10% of all cases of ovarian carcinoma.
bmj.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/318/7186/786   (2834 words)

  
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Kraepelin, who became famous for writing textbooks on psychiatry, felt that "dementia praecox" was caused by a toxic factor in the blood.
Kraepelin felt that there was a "hereditary taint", meaning that there was a strong genetic component.
This hereditary view was later endorsed by Linus Pauling.
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 Dr. Bass, Dr. Gross: Birth defects can be avoided - An urgent message to prospective parents!
Each of us is the sum of what he was born with and everything that has happened to him up to this moment.
These deviations would be due to grossly microscopic entitles called "genes," located in the chromosomes which, in turn, are found within the nuclei of the reproductive cells (ova and spermatozoa).
This inheritance or hereditary factor is tremendously overplayed in importance and incorrectly blamed for the tragedies encountered in births and infant life.
www.angelfire.com /ny2/bass/birth-defects.html   (1732 words)

  
 Hereditary Factors in Gynecologic Cancer -- Lynch et al. 3 (5): 319 -- The Oncologist
Hereditary Factors in Gynecologic Cancer -- Lynch et al.
the discovery of germ-line mutations in a subset of hereditary
Mutations of a mutS homolog in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.
theoncologist.alphamedpress.org /cgi/content/full/3/5/319   (9217 words)

  
 hepatic Iron index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is one of the most common inherited disease in individuals of Northern European ancestry, with an estimated carrier rate of 1 in 10 and an estimated frequency of homozygosity of approximately 1:200 to 1:400 (1).
Utility of hepatic iron index in American patients with hereditary hemochromatosis: a multicenter study.
Press RD, Flora K, Gross C, Rabkin JM, Corless CL. Hepatic iron overload: direct HFE (HLA-H) mutation analysis vs quantitative iron assays for the diagnosis of hereditary hemochromatosis [see comments].
hla.pathology.upmc.edu /tpis/liver/Hepaticironindex.html   (1195 words)

  
 Molecular, Cellular and Systems Physiology at Dartmouth | Hilda Sokol
In collaboration with Dr. Heinz Valtin a valuable animal model with a hereditary defect in the synthesis of the hypothalamic antidiuretic hormone, vasopressin, was developed.
Before antibodies were available for the immunocytochemical localization of hormones the Brattleboro rat provided significant information about the biosynthesis of the neurohypophysial hormones, vasopressin and oxytocin; e.g.
Morris, J.F., Pow, D.V., Sokol, H.W., and Ward, A. Dendritic release of peptides from magnocellular neurons in normal rats, Brattleboro rats, and mice with hereditary nephrogenic diabetes insipidus.
www.dartmouth.edu /~physiol/faculty/sokol.html   (280 words)

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