“Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man, 1966. (IBD3) icd10=K51.90

  Here I present: “Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man’, 1966. (IBD3) icd10=K51.90 INTRODUCTION. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis being the principal types.  Crohn’s disease affects the small intestine and large intestine, as well as the mouth, esophagus, stomach and the anus, whereas Ulcerative … Continue reading “Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man, 1966. (IBD3) icd10=K51.90

“Melanoma Growth-Stimulating Activity”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man, 1966. (MGSA).

Here I present: “Melanoma Growth-Stimulating Activity”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man’, 1966. (MGSA). INTRODUCTION. Melanoma growth stimulatory activity (MGSA) is an acid and heat stable, auto-stimulatory growth factor which was first isolated from culture medium conditioned by the Hs294T-human melanoma cell line. Chemokine (CXC motif) ligand-1 (CXCL1) is a small peptide belonging to the CXC-chemokine … Continue reading “Melanoma Growth-Stimulating Activity”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man, 1966. (MGSA).

“Phenylketonuria”, Victor McKusick, “Mendelian Inheritance in Man”, 1966, PART THREE (III).

“Phenylketonuria”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man’, 1966. was the topic of an earlier blog post. Here I present: “Phenylketonuria”, Victor McKusick, Mendelian Inheritance in Man’, 1966. PART THREE (III). Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive inborn error of metabolism resulting from a deficiency of enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), the enzyme commission number is EC# 1.14.16.1 shown BELOW. William … Continue reading “Phenylketonuria”, Victor McKusick, “Mendelian Inheritance in Man”, 1966, PART THREE (III).