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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"hereditary factors"”.
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Genetic factors in childhood cancer. Associations between tumors in childhood and adulthood, and prevalence of germline TP53 mutations
… Increased knowledge regarding the importance of hereditary factors in the development of childhood tumors may improve the medical care of such patients by identifying those in need of more individualized treatment. In this thesis, genetic factors, familial cancers, and their associations with …
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A comparison of scores of negro and white children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
… for all individuals, is naturally lower due to hereditary factors. Other investigators (these seem to be in the majority<sup>1</sup> believe that environment plays the major role in lowering their ability to gain a comparable score with white individuals.</p>
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Transformational Educational Leader as Organizer and Administrator of a Movement Disorders Program
… potential causes of Parkinson's Disease: genetic factors and gene mutations, aging, trauma, viruses, environmental toxins, agricultural pesticides and herbicides, exposure to home pesticides and industrial chemicals and oxidative stress that contributes to nerve cell death. Ninety-seven people …
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Acquired Hearing Impairment in Older Couple Relationships: an Exploration of Couple Resilience Processes
… noises, illnesses (e.g., Meniere's disease), and hereditary factors. Because hearing loss affects basic communication processes, couples often have to adjust their ways of interacting when one spouse develops a hearing loss. Extant literature presents relevant information about couple …