6. Copper cookware. Copper leaches into food when heated, prompting the FDA to caution against using unlined copper for general use. Accordingly, the cooking surfaces are usually lined with tin, nickel or stainless steel. Coated copper cookware can lose its protective layer if damaged or scoured.
FREE subscriptions for doctors and students... click here. You have 3 open access pages. Hepatosplenomegaly is enlargement of both the spleen and liver. Causes include: infection: acute viral hepatitis. infectious mononucleosis.
A defective gene on chromosome 15 causes Tay-Sachs disease. This defective gene causes the body to not make a protein called hexosaminidase A. Without this protein, chemicals called gangliosides build up in nerve cells in the brain, destroying brain cells.