Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue. Connective tissue connects all the organs‚ tissue and body cells together. It also plays an important role in helping the body grow and develop properly. People are born with Marfan Syndrome but they may not notice it until their teen years. The signs and the symptoms of the Marfan syndrome varies. They are so different‚ that people can have the same disease bt they can different symptoms. And with that being said‚ they
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Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Sara L. Condition • Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a condition that affects sexual development before birth and during puberty. • It results in the partial or complete inability of the cell to respond to androgens • Androgen is a male sex hormone; testosterone • People with this condition are genetically male‚ with one X chromosome and one Y chromosome in each cell • There are two types of androgen insensitivity; complete androgen insensitivity and partial
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Juliet Acosta Health and Lifestyle 101 Research Project #1 Issue #13: “Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?” Abortion remains to be one of the most controversially debated issues internationally. Pro-life and pro-choice groups continue to research and contemplate whether the information of the relationship between abortion and depression has quantifiable data. Pro-life groups advocate that the correlation between abortion and mental distress in women is in fact valid due to multiple
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Chromosomal Disorder: (Turner Syndrome) Introduction Turner Syndrome is a condition that only alters the development of girls and women. Most girls and women have two full and complete X chromosomes while girls with turner syndrome have only part of the second X chromosome. Women and girls are diagnosed with turner syndrome have features such as slow growth rates‚ a webbed neck‚ broad shoulders‚ and widely spaced nipples. They also have swelling hands and feet‚ heart defects‚ kidney problems‚ and
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July 13‚ 2011 Assignment 1 Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome Why I chose this topic I learned of this genetic disorder when I read about it in the Genetics notes. I found it fascinating that a disease could lead to self-mutilation. I wanted to find out more about the cause of this and other adverse effects. What is Lesch-Nyhan syndrome? Lesch Nyhan is a recessive X-linked recessive disorder meaning that is passed from mother to son via the X-chromosome. The disease is characterized by mental
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The history and background of marfan disease. Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder noteworthy for its worldwide distribution‚ relatively high prevalence‚ and clinical variability. This autosomal dominant syndrome has pleiotropic manifestations involving primarily the ocular‚ cardiovascular‚ and skeletal systems. Classic marfan syndrome MFS type 1‚ MFS1 has been considered a condition caused by the deficiency of a structural extracellular matrix protein‚ fibrillin-1; however
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Annotated Bibliography Article Reference Taylor‚ L. and Oliver‚ C. (2008). The behavioural phenotype of Smith-Magenis syndrome: Evidence for a gene-environment interaction. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research‚ 52‚ 830-841. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01066.x) Objective/Purpose Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is not only evident through physical characteristics such as‚ a prominent forehead‚ up-slanting eyes and short stature; but also by developmental delays and moderate to severe
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POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (1) Etiology Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have abnormalities in the metabolism of androgens and estrogen and in the control of androgen production. High serum concentrations of androgenic hormones‚ such as testosterone‚ androstenedione‚ and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S)‚ may be encountered in these patients. However‚ individual variation is considerable‚ and a particular patient might have normal androgen levels. PCOS is also associated with
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The empty nest syndrome is the feelings of sadness‚ depression and grief that are experienced by parents and caregivers once their children come of age and leave their parents’ home (i.e. when children go to college or get married). Mostly women are affected than men with the empty nest syndrome; due to mothers experiences other significant changes in life (i.e. menopause or caring for elderly parents). For most parents not being involved in their children’s everyday life may create
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Battered wife syndrome (a condition created by sustained physical‚ sexual‚ and/or emotional abuse‚ which creates a variety of physical and emotional symptoms) has been used as a defence in murder cases in which women have killed or harmed their abuser. Although expert testimony regarding battered wife syndrome has gained some acceptance in the courts‚ it is questionable that it provides enough solid and substantive evidence to be used as a credible defence. The battered wife syndrome defence is more
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