Sentences with phrase «result of abnormalities»

Functional Murmurs: A murmur that is a result of abnormalities not directly due to heart disease is termed a functional murmur.

Now every doctor will give a woman an option of termination of pregnancy based on results of an abnormality in her ultrasound.

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My husband and I were shocked by the promotion of abortion and the tests for «abnormalities» that followed the positive pregnancy result.

A research finding in January 2017 reveal that Golden Rice hybrid with Swarna variety resulted to phenotyphic abnormalities, stunted growth and low yield, virtually adulterating the metabolic and genetic traits of the variety.

Most miscarriages are the result of random chromosomal abnormalities, and the risk for conceiving a baby with chromosomal abnormalities is higher as the mother gets older.

Abnormalities of the baby's mouth may result in the baby's not latching on.

Most therapeutic terminations are the result of a chromosomal abnormality in the fetus that is incompatible with life.

Plagiocephaly or crooked head shape can result from 3 very different etiologic processes including abnormalities in brain shape and subsequent aberrant directions in brain growth, premature fusion of a single coronal or lambdoidal suture, or prenatal or postnatal external constraint.

Five of the neonatal deaths resulted from lethal fetal abnormalities, such as Potter's syndrome.

The ruling involved women and girls who were denied abortions in Northern Ireland either in cases of fatal foetal abnormality or despite their pregnancies being the result of sexual crimes.

Speaking at the ceremony in Accra on Wednesday, the Minister for Health, Hon. Alex Segbefia said the ultrasound machine will help in the diagnoses of pregnancy related abnormalities which could have been missed till delivery and resulting in unexpected emergencies.

Scientists have gained a better molecular understanding of the region of the brain in individuals with epilepsy which — due to a developmental abnormality, trauma, stroke, or a growing tumor — has stopped responding to control signals, and this results in recurrent seizures.

Importantly, genetic modifications blocking alternative splicing of Cdc42 in mice result in incorrectly formed axons and dendrites and, ultimately, structural and behavioural abnormalities.

These results unexpectedly establish that inner ear defects due to major morphogenetic abnormalities of the hair bundle can be reversed even after birth, with durable efficacy, by gene therapy.

Novel abnormalities in the FGFR gene, called FGFR fusions, were identified in a spectrum of cancers, and preliminary results with cancer cells harboring FGFR fusions suggested that some patients with these cancers may benefit from treatment with FGFR inhibitor drugs, according to data published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Because of a chromosomal abnormality, this gene sometimes fuses with another gene and forms a hybrid, or a gene fusion, resulting in a gene product with an entirely different function, causing cancers.

Results suggest that while isotretinoin was associated with a change in the average value of some laboratory tests (white blood cell count and hepatic and lipid panels), the average change across a patient group did not meet the criteria for high - risk and the proportion of patients with laboratory abnormalities was low, the authors report.

Investigators at Duke University, led by Erica Davis, PhD, a co-senior author of the report, blocked the gene's expression in zebrafish, which resulted in abnormal facial cartilage, smaller eyes and structural abnormalities of neurons involved in the development of reproductive organs.

Over the 15 - year study period, there were 1473 pregnancies, 118 (8 %) of which resulted in live births; of those, 11 (9 %) were identified as having congenital abnormalities.

Mutations in the beta subunits of these patients result in lower levels of hemoglobin and fewer red blood cells, causing severe anemia, poor growth and bone abnormalities.

Folate deficiency can result in several different complications — the most important of these are neural tube defects (such as spina bifida, an abnormality of the spine and spinal cord) in babies and anemia (in which the number and function of red blood cells is affected leading to an inability of the blood to carry sufficient oxygen).

I believe these abnormalities are results of the disease process.

We want to know if these abnormalities are the result of the disease process or if they are abnormalities that cause the disease.

Therefore, it is thought that improperly controlled splicing of various mRNA result in abnormalities of many proteins, manifesting various conditions.

Recombination ensures that each gamete ends up with a unique copy of every chromosome, but when the process goes awry, it can result in chromosomal abnormalities.

According to Dr. Mark R. Lovell and a colleague from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, «We hypothesized that the use of ImPACT would result in an increased capacity to detect and measure post-concussive abnormalities in cheerleaders compared with symptom assessment alone.»

Nerve conduction studies in motor and sensory nerves of the macaques showed that the Bb infection resulted in specific electrophysiological abnormalities (increased F wave latencies and chronodispersion) that could be prevented with dexamethasone.

There are different types of abnormalities of the brain and spinal cord, which may result in varying degrees of disability such as muscular paralysis, water in the head, incontinence and motor disorders.

From these associations has arisen the widespread belief that vitamin D deficiency is involved in the causation of a wide range of pathological abnormalities, resulting in advocacy for widespread supplementation.

These tail abnormalities can include looping, folding, and fusion, all of which can result in reduced motility (ability to swim).

One theory of autistic savantism suggests that during fetal development or early in life, some developmental abnormality affects the brain's left side, resulting in the difficulties that many autistic people have with words and social interaction, functions typically processed by the left hemisphere.

«These results are exciting, because it means we could use an easily accessible blood test to help diagnose people who have the premutation genetic abnormality and identify who is more likely to have problems and begin early treatment,» said study author Kim M. Cornish, PhD, of Monash University in Victoria, Australia.

Coupled with a review of these results by experts on a molecular tumor board, the opportunity exists to identify novel therapies that would target specific abnormalities,» notes senior author of the work, Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, associate director for translational science at Rutgers Cancer Institute and associate professor of medicine and pharmacology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

A compound used in many common plastic products, including baby bottles and dental sealants, causes genetic abnormalities in mice, say researchers who made the discovery as a result of a mix - up in the lab.

Mental retardation and other developmental abnormalities are known to be the result of having three rather than two copies of chromosome 21.

However, despite this success, clinical trials using these antibodies caused inflammatory side effects in the brain of Alzheimer's patients, in particular amyloid - related imaging abnormalities (ARIA), which results in small bleeds and dangerous brain swelling.

It is estimated that between 50 to 80 percent of embryos created for IVF have a chromosomal abnormality and typically do not develop into a pregnancy, instead resulting in a miscarriage, Medical Xpress wrote.

Thousands of babies are born every year in the UK with mutations in their DNA, which consequently results in developmental abnormalities.

'' One possibility, the researchers argue in their report, is that some cases of schizophrenia area result of genetic abnormalities in sperm cells that become more likely as a man ages.

«Our results suggest that neuropsychiatric CNVs can be used as an instrument for further study of the cognitive abnormalities that characterize schizophrenia, because whether or not an individual develops this disease is likely related to the expression of these genes,» said Stefansson.

When Simon's team deleted all H3.3 genes, they found that certain previously silenced transposable elements were reactivated and continued to multiply in the genome — the result is the appearance of new genetic alleles and chromosomal abnormalities, both are familiar early events in the formation of tumors.

Recent estimates suggest that as many as 1.9 million children younger than 18 years have a sport - or recreation - related concussion each year in the United States.1 This injury is biomechanically induced, with symptoms resulting from neuronal dysfunction due to functional and neurometabolic alterations rather than gross structural abnormalities.2 Compared with boys involved in similar activities, girls experience higher rates of sport - related concussion,3 - 7 report more severe symptoms,8 - 11 demonstrate worse cognitive impairment,8 - 10, 12 and take longer to recover.11 The neural mechanisms behind these postconcussion sex differences are poorly understood but have been attributed to differences in neuroanatomy and physiology, 13 cerebral blood flow, 14 and the female sex hormones estrogen and progesterone.15 - 17

A tooth enamel abnormality in children, molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH), may result from exposure to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), authors of a new study conclude after finding similar damage to the dental enamel of rats that received BPA.

However, tissue culture is impeded by the occurrence of somaclonal variation, resulting in clonal abnormality.

Dr. Rapoport was a pioneer in studying the pathophysiology of ADHD and neuropharmacological approaches to its treatment, and she was the first to discover that some childhood psychiatric symptoms result from autoimmune reactions to streptococcal infection, the first to establish the link between obsessive - compulsive behaviors in children and OCD in adults, and the first to use longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging to uncover developmental abnormalities in brain size and structure in children with schizophrenia.

The results of our studies should identify potential mechanisms underlying the white matter abnormalities seen in many degenerative diseases, and may reveal novel therapeutic targets for regenerative medicine.

Since these cells are responsible for the generation of mature red and white blood cells, both types of mature blood cells may show abnormalities in MDS, resulting in recurrent infections, recurrent bleedings and extreme fatigue.

These healthy fats have been shown to lower blood pressure, reduce triglycerides, and prevent heart rhythm abnormalities, but clinical trials investigating whether these properties translate into a lower risk of heart attack and stroke have had mixed results.

«Abnormalities in thyroid function can have an adverse effect on reproductive health and result in reduced rates of conception, increased miscarriage risk and adverse pregnancy and neonatal outcomes,» said study co-author Amanda Jefferys in a journal news release.

Neuromas mostly occur in women who wear high heels, says Dr. Sutera, though they can also develop as a result of injury, repetitive stress, or foot abnormalities like hammertoes, bunions, flat feet, and high arches.