Glossary
Genetic Counseling: A communicative procedure to deal with the problems that rise in a family with the occurrence or the risk of occurrence of a genetic abnormality.Lymphoma: Cancer that arises in cells of the lymphatic system.
Leukemia: Cancer of blood-forming tissue.
Progeria: An extremely rare condition in which the body ages prematurely.
Neoplasm: An abnormal tissue that grows uncontrolled by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal cell.
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: SLE. A chronic inflammatory connective tissue disease marked by skin rashes, joint pain and swelling, inflammation of the kidneys, inflammation of the fibrous tissue surrounding the heart (i.e., the pericardium), as well as other problems. Not all affected individuals display all of these problems.
