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A foal with lavender foal syndrome exhibiting opisthotonus, a common clinical sign of the disorder. Lavender foal syndrome (LFS), also called coat color dilution lethal (CCDL), is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that affects newborn foals of certain Arabian horse bloodlines. Affected LFS foals have severe neurological abnormalities ...
The eyes are blue. A few lethal white foals have been shown to be deaf. [3] [5] Healthy foals pass meconium, the first stool, soon after birth. Some healthy foals may require an enema to assist this process, but the meconium of LWS foals is impacted high in the intestine, and never appears, even with the use of enemas. [3]
Small cell lung cancer has a five-year survival rate of 4% according to Cancer Centers of America's Website. [5] The American Cancer Society reports 5-year relative survival rates of over 70% for women with stage 0-III breast cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate close to 100% for women with stage 0 or stage I breast cancer.
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [3] [4] Cancer can be difficult to diagnose because its signs and symptoms are often nonspecific, meaning they may be general phenomena that do not point directly to a specific disease process. [5]
This alarming trend, which began before COVID, fuels a deadly cycle of a sick workforce and weakened economy.
Naked foal syndrome (NFS) is a genetic disorder specific to the Akhal-Teke horse breed. A rare genodermatosis , it is characterized by almost complete hairlessness and mild ichthyosis . The condition is inherited as a monogenic autosomal recessive trait, and affected horses typically die between a few weeks and three years of age.
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 in early life may cause learning and behavior problems – about 60% of children who have NF1 have mild difficulty in school. [7] Signs the individual might have are as follows: [8] [9] Six or more light brown dermatological spots ("café au lait spots") At least two neurofibromas; At least two growths on the eye's iris