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Appendix C: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary
Pages 62-63

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... c Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary ACROYNMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AH aryl-hydrocarbon hydroxylase receptor CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DNA deoxyribonucleic acid DOD Department of Defense EAE experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis EPA Environmental Protection Agency ER estrogen RNA ERKO estrogen-receptor knockout HHS Department of Health and Human Services IOM Institute of Medicine HLA histocompatibility LH lute in izing harm one mRNA messenger RNA MS multiple sclerosis NCHS National Center for Heals Statistics NCRR National Center for Research Resources NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NIEHS National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences NIH National Institutes of Health NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health NRC National Research Council ORWH Office for Research on Women's Health, NIH RNA ribonucleic acid SES socioeconomic status TCDD herbicide 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin VA Department of Veterans Affairs WHI Women's Health Initiative 62
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... Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that attacks the myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers in the brain and the spinal cord. Mutation is a permanent, transmissible change in the DNA sequence.
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Key Terms

  • dna sequence
  • gender differences
  • x chromosome
  • biologic phenomena
  • surrounding nerve

  • spinal cord
  • hormone metabolism
  • social expression
  • gene introduced
  • normal males

  • myelin sheath
  • sheath surrounding
  • nerve fibers
  • phenomena linked
  • growth factor

  • specific functional
  • primarily determined
  • normal females
  • immunologic function
  • autoimmune disease

  • specific gene
  • functional product
  • transduces growth
  • social roles
  • mice created

  • foreign gene
  • central nervous
  • factor pathways
  • occurring variations
  • nucleotides located


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