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Heredofamilial tremor
See: Essential tremor
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- TNFRSF6 Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 6. Also called FAS. See: FAS gene
- Automatic behavior A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious…
- Polysomnography Continuous recording of specific physiologic variables during sleep. Polysomnography typically records brain…
- DiGeorge syndrome A genetic disorder characterized by hypocalcemia, immunodeficiency, and congenital heart disease: >…
- Acceptable daily intake Estimate of the amount of a substance in food or drinking water, expressed on a body mass basis (usually…
- Medical Research Council Although little known to the general public, the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) is a key resource…
- Myokymia Continuous involuntary muscle twitchings that give the appearance of wormlike rippling of muscle. The muscle…
- Lithotomy position Position in which the patient is on their back with the hips and knees flexed and the thighs apart. The…
- White-coat hypertension (White coat hypertension) A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- LSD Lysergic acid diethylamide, an hallucinogen. LSD is an abbreviation of the German term…
- Extra systole See: Extrasystole