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What is adrenoleukodystrophy?
Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a genetic disorder that affects the nervous system and adrenal glands. It is characterized by the buildup of fatty acids in the body due to a defect in a specific enzyme that breaks them down. ALD can lead to damage to the myelin sheath, which is the protective covering of nerve cells, resulting in progressive neurological problems.
What does PKU stand for?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is not an eating disorder. It is an inherited disorder which the body cannot break down phenylalanine, which is a part of protein. If PKU is not treated soon after birth, it can cause brain and nervous system damage.
What is the disorder of neurofibromatosis?
Genetic disorder of the nervous system, affects the development and growth of nerve cell tissues, tumors grow on nerves, and othe abnormalities.
Tay-Sachs is a genetic disorder characterized by a deterioration of the?
chromosome 15 it causes the build up of a chemical called gangliosides because the defect causes the body to lack production of the protein hexosaminidase which breaks down the chemical.
What is difference between mental disorder and neurological?
A mental disorder is a mental illness or psychological illness. These are things like schizophrenia and depression. A neurological disorder is a disorder of the body's central nervous system. This includes epilepsy and Alzheimer's disease. It should be noted that schizophrenia is often characterized as a neurological disorder, and that psychiatric illnesses are characterized as dysfunctions in thought, behavior, or emotion that lead to dysfunction. Neurological disorders are diseases of the nervous system, which can in-turn, lead to psychiatric symptoms.
What is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent episodes of seizures of varying severities?
Epilepsy is a disorder affecting the central nervous system. It is characterized by recurrent seizures.
Anorexia nervous is characterized by self-starvation and excessive loss?
Yes, that is roughly correct. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by self-starvation and excessive exercise done in order to lose weight.
What is a Co-dominant alleles disorder?
One example is Huntington's Disease. With a recessive genetic disorder, to develop the disorder, you must inherit the gene from BOTH parents (odds, 1 in 4). With a dominant gene disorder, if you inherit the gene from ONE parent, you will develop that disorder (odds- 1 in 2).
A syndrome characterized by recurrent uncontrollable seizures of drowsiness and sleep?
Narcolepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system that is characterised by drowsiness and sleep attacks at inappropriate times.
What is a sentence that uses disorder?
You seem to have developed a nervous disorder.
If human genetic defect that results in the failure to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine is?
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a genetic disorder that causes a person to be unable to metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine. This leads to a buildup of phenylalanine in the body, which can be harmful to the brain and nervous system if not managed properly. Individuals with PKU require a strict low-phenylalanine diet to prevent complications.
What is chorea gravidarum?
It is a nervous disorder
