Lamin A
Progeria syndrome,
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy type 2,
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B,
Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder type 2B1,
The Dunnigan type of familial partial lipodystrophy,
Mandibuloacral dysplasia and
A familial form of dilated cardiomyopathy.
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- Lamin A/C
Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy type 2, familial partial lipodystrophy, limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 1B, dilated cardiomyopathy, familial partial lipodystrophy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder type 2B1, mandibuloacral dysplasia, childhood progeria syndrome (Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome) and a subset of Werner syndrome. These diseases have therefore been referred to as laminopathies.
- Lamina
Plates or layers. For example, the lamina arcus vertebrae are plates of bone within each vertebral body.
- Laminaria
A thin piece of sterile seaweed that can be used to gradually dilate the cervix.
- Laminectomy
A surgical procedure in which the posterior arch of a vertebra is removed. Laminectomy is done to relieve pressure on the spinal cord or on the nerve roots that emerge from the spinal canal. The procedure may be used to treat a slipped or herniated disc or to treat spinal stenosis.
- Lancet
A small, pointed knife that is used to prick a finger for a blood test.