Word Origin and History for mesopotamian. ancient name for the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (in modern Iraq), from Greek mesopotamia (khora), literally a country between two rivers, from fem. of mesopotamos, from mesos middle (see medial (adj.)) + potamos river (see potamo-).
Monogenic forms, caused by a single mutation in a dominantly or recessively inherited gene, are well-established, albeit relatively rare types of PD. They collectively account for about 30% of the familial and 3%â5% of the sporadic cases.
1 Two novel filaggrin mutations (S1302X and Q2397X) and two recurrent mutations (3321delA and K4671X) were identified in patients with atopic asthma. 2  Copy number variation within FLG makes a significant, dose-dependent contribution to atopic dermatitis risk. Loss-of-function mutations in the gene encoding FLG are linked with IV in Northern European and Japanese populations and results here demonstrate that FLG mutations are also associated with IV in a Bangladeshi population.