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Alstrom syndrome
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Alstrom syndrome"A progressive genetic disorder characterized by obesity, deafness, and visual problems in childhood and diabetes with insulin resistance (type 2 diabetes) and kidney failure in adulthood. Individuals with Alstr”m syndrome have been identified in over 20 countries. Although the syndrome is generally rare, it is unusually frequent among Acadians, both those living in Nova Scotia and those in Louisiana. The syndrome first described by C.H. Alstr”m in Sweden in 1959. (It should therefore have two dots over the ""o"".)"
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Genetic
Hereditary. Having to do with the genes.
Obesity
Abnormal body weight, usually defined as more than 20 percent above average for age, height and bone structure.
Deafness
A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears. Deafness may result from ear diseases; vestibulocochlear nerve diseases; or brain diseases.
Childhood
1. The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. 2. The more circumscribed period of time from infancy to the onset of puberty.
Diabetes
A condition in which blood glucose is not well controlled. Type I diabetics make no insulin, whereas type 2 diabetics are characterized by the overproduction of insulin, but the inability of the target cells to respond to the insulin.
Insulin
The hormone that drives incoming nutrients into cells for storage. Excess insulin is the primary pillar of aging.
Kidney
One of the paired organs that excrete urine. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs (about 11 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 3 cm thick) lying on either side of the vertebral column, posterior to the peritoneum, about opposite the twelfth thoracic and first three lumbar vertebrae.
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
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Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome
Alstr”m syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
Alstr”m-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
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ALS4
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4.
ALS5
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5.
ALS6
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6.
ALS7
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7.
ALS8
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8.
Alstrom syndrome
Alstr”m syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome
Alstr”m-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
ALT (alanine aminotransferase)
An enzyme normally present in liver and heart cells that is released into the bloodstream when the liver or heart is damaged. The blood ALT levels are elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the heart (for example, from a heart attack). Some medications can also raise ALT levels. ALT is also called serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT).
Alteplase
Generic name of a tissue plasminogen activator produced by recombinant DNA technology. The brand name is Activase. See: Tissue plasminogen activator.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Genetic
Hereditary. Having to do with the genes.
Obesity
Abnormal body weight, usually defined as more than 20 percent above average for age, height and bone structure.
Deafness
A general term for the complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or both ears. Deafness may result from ear diseases; vestibulocochlear nerve diseases; or brain diseases.
Childhood
1. The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. 2. The more circumscribed period of time from infancy to the onset of puberty.
Diabetes
A condition in which blood glucose is not well controlled. Type I diabetics make no insulin, whereas type 2 diabetics are characterized by the overproduction of insulin, but the inability of the target cells to respond to the insulin.
Insulin
The hormone that drives incoming nutrients into cells for storage. Excess insulin is the primary pillar of aging.
Kidney
One of the paired organs that excrete urine. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs (about 11 cm long, 5 cm wide, and 3 cm thick) lying on either side of the vertebral column, posterior to the peritoneum, about opposite the twelfth thoracic and first three lumbar vertebrae.
Syndrome
A grouping of signs and symptoms, based on their frequent co-occurrence, that may suggest a common underlying pathogenesis, course, familial pattern, or treatment selection.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome
Alstr”m syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
Alstr”m-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
ALS4
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4.
ALS5
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5.
ALS6
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6.
ALS7
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7.
ALS8
See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8.
Alstrom syndrome
Alstr”m syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome
Alstr”m-Hallgren syndrome
See: Alstrom syndrome.
ALT (alanine aminotransferase)
An enzyme normally present in liver and heart cells that is released into the bloodstream when the liver or heart is damaged. The blood ALT levels are elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the heart (for example, from a heart attack). Some medications can also raise ALT levels. ALT is also called serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT).
Alteplase
Generic name of a tissue plasminogen activator produced by recombinant DNA technology. The brand name is Activase. See: Tissue plasminogen activator.
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