Genetic Disorders Project Waardenburg Syndrome Brian Tokay March 4‚ 2011 Waardenburg Syndrome is an inherited disorder characterized by different levels of hearing loss and changes in hair and skin pigmentation. A common trait of Waardenburg Syndrome is different colored eyes or very bright blue eyes‚ a low hairline‚ connected eyebrows‚ some may have a patch of white hair or grey hair by the age of twelve‚ and a wide space between the eyes. There are at least four types of Waardenburg
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### Seeking Self-Esteem through Plastic Surgery According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery‚ there were over 10.2 million Cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed in the United States in 2008. This is an increase of 162 percent since 1997 (Nowak‚ R. (2006‚ October 19). The most common procedures done were breast augmentation‚ liposuction‚ eyelid surgery‚ rhinoplasty‚ and abdominalplasty. Cosmetic surgery has
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1365-3016.2010.01123.x Barrett‚ J Mitchell‚ L.‚ Adzick‚ N.‚ Melchionne‚ J.‚ Pasquariello‚ P.‚ Sutton‚ L.‚ & Whitehead‚ A. (2004). Spina bifida. Lancet‚ 364(9448)‚ 1885-1895. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Murray‚ J. (2002). Gene/environment causes of cleft lip and/or palate. Clinical Genetics‚ 61(4)‚ 248-256. doi:10.1034/j.1399-0004.2002.610402.x Nikkilä‚ A.‚ Bjørkhem‚ G.‚ & Källén‚ B October‚ A.‚ & Zolotova‚ E. (2011). Fetal alcohol syndrome: dashed hopes‚ damaged lives. Bulletin of the World Health Organization
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heart‚ face and other organs. Babies with FAS are abnormally small at birth and usually do not catch up on growth as they get older. They have characteristic facial features‚ including small eyes‚ a thin upper lip and smooth skin in place of the normal groove between the nose and upper lip. Their organs‚ especially the heart‚ may not form properly. Many babies with FAS also have a brain that is small and abnormally formed. Most have some degree of mental disability. Many have poor coordination‚ a
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liposuction even though he enjoys the money he makes from his work. He also does reconstructive surgery on children and accident victims and this is the work that he loves. He spends a couple of weeks every summer with Operation Smile‚ repairing cleft palates and lips of children in foreign countries. It is this volunteer work that gives him a feeling of decency‚ of being a healer and he returns to Vietnam to use his surgical skills to help the children of the people he once hated. It is the story of his
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Epilepsy takes place when one has unpredictable seizures due to abnormal signals. These signals come from the temporal lobe. Epilepsy can cause several seizures that affect the brain overtime. An epileptic person that has not been diagnosed yet suffers from several symptoms after or before a seizure due to these strong abnormal signals. However‚ it all depends on which type of Epilepsy the person has. Each type of Epileptic seizure is completely different. There are three
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both fragile and weak; many are underweight. Their heads are unusually small‚ while the backs of their heads are prominent. Their ears are low-set and malformed‚ and their mouths and jaws are small. Babies with the syndrome may experience a cleft palate or lip. Their hands are often clenched into
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Term 1‚ 2010/2011 Technology & World Change Professor Pang Eng Fong Web-Based Group Project Assignment Plastic Surgery: Now & Forever Class: G2 Group Members: Jesslyn Phoon Ying Chong Rayson Lee Rui Sheng Isaac Chin Yi Sing Shaun Teo Wei Wen Table of Contents 1. History Of Cosmetic Surgery 3 2. Reconstructive Surgery 4 2.1 Medical Purposes 4 2.2 Birth Defects 5 2.3 Traumatic Injury 6 3. Cosmetic Surgery 7 3.1 Breast Augmentation 7 3.2 Liposuction 8
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“syndrome” then was replaced by “sequence” because the pathogenesis of the condition occurs through a chain of events. The sequence include small jaw (micrognathia)‚ displacement of the tongue (glossoptosis) which consequence to airway obstruction and cleft palate. PRS can be classified into 3 group: PRS without other congenital defects (isolated PRS)‚ with other congenital defects which can be regconized as a syndrome
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with different people having different difficulties. For example in an early year setting children look at our facial expression and listen to our tone of voice to understand us and elderly care setting‚ people having hearing difficulties can read our lips to understand us. Seating patterns send different messages. While having a group communication its important to have appropriate positioning as it influences how a group works. When communicating with a group it is important to be stood up in front
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