Turner Syndrome Many people don’t know what Turner syndrome is while other people actually have the disorder. Turner syndrome is actually a common disorder found in girls. There is only one cause for this disorder and it’s within the genes‚ but there are many symptoms. There are many other things people may not know about Turner Syndrome that are very interesting. As we all know there can be mistakes during the division in sex cells and that’s actually were turner syndrome comes into place. During
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Marfan Syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation. Marfan can be passed on from parents or can occur spontaneously. The disorder happens in the gene that enables your body to produce a protein that helps give connective tissue its elasticity and strength. The mutation results in an increase in a protein called transforming growth factor beta‚ or TGF-B. The increase causes the problems in the connective tissues of the body. Marfan Syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder. An autosomal recessive
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The disease I chose was compartment syndrome because it’s very rare‚ fewer than 20‚000 US cases per year. Compartment syndrome is when a very dangerous and very painful condition cause from pressure builds up from internal bleeding or swelling of the tissues‚ the pressure decreases blood flow‚ depriving muscles and nerves of needed nourishment. The cause of this disease is often causes by injury‚ such as a fracture‚ that causes bleeding in a muscle which then causes increased pressure in the muscle
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the virus incubates in the host for approximately one week before becoming outwardly apparent. The first sign is a rash that appears after a week of incubation and only lasts for about three days. This rash will start on the face before spreading down to the trunk and limbs3. The rash will then disappear in the in the reverse order. In addition to swelling of the lymph nodes‚ joint pain can accompany the rash‚ but disappear when the rash disappears. Flu-like
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Tourette Syndrome was first described by a French doctor named Georges Gilles de la Tourette. (Joseph‚ Kidshealth) The disease can be very hard to control depending on the severity. It can cause repetitive movements or sudden jerks such as excessive eyeblinking‚ or shrugging your shoulders and even head jerking. Tourette’s can also can cause you to say unwanted things such as offensive phrases/words or blurting out random words‚ which are typically called tics. (Tourette Syndrome‚ Mayoclinic) Tics
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Research Proposal Outline I. Chapter One – Introduction A. Brief background 1. Explains need for the study B. Problem Statement 1. Principle proposition 2. Interacting proposition 3. Speculative proposition C. Purpose Statement/Explicative statement 1. Significance of the problem D. Research Questions E. Definition of Terms F. Limitations‚ Delimitations and Assumptions II. Chapter Two - Literature Review A. Restate the background (1-2 paragraphs) 1. include purpose statement 2. restate
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Turner syndrome is named after Henry Turner who‚ in 1938‚ was one of the first doctors to report on the disorder in medical literature. Turner syndrome is one of the most common chromosomal disorders and is one of the most common genetic disorders found in females‚ it is a rare chromosomal disorder that affects only females. This condition occurs in about 1 in 2‚500 female births worldwide‚ but is much more common among pregnancies that do not survive to term‚ like miscarriages and stillbirths.
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Asperger syndrome is a disability which is similar to autism‚ where people see the world in a different perspective and interact with others differently. You are born with the syndrome and have it for life as there are no cure or treatment to this disability‚ however are series of strategies and approaches to help the people. What are the main difficulties that people with Asperger syndrome encounter? People with Asperger syndrome‚ have resembling difficulties as people with Autism‚ such as having
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Fingers in both hands were small and tapering. Rest of the examination‚ including fundi was normal. EEG/ECG and CT scan did not reveal any abnormality. Chromosomal analysis was not carried out. This child had characteristics features of Rett syndrome including the age at onset‚ loss of communication and acquired hand
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Jacob’s Syndrome Jacob’s Syndrome is a rare chromosomal genetic syndrome where the male has an extra Y male chromosome and ends up having 47 chromosomes with XYY instead of normal 46‚XY (male) or 46‚ XX (female.) It is very rare and happens in only about 1 out of 1‚000 men. The exact reason for this is unknown. In a very rare cases it was passed from father to son‚ but in most cases it is not hereditary. It was first discovered by Patricia Jacobs in 1965. She proposed the suggestion that the
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