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Prothrombin mutation G20210A
A common genetic risk factor for thrombosis (clots) including deep venous thrombosis (DVT). This mutation in the gene encoding the clotting factor prothrombin is found in about 1 in 50 persons in the US. It raises the risk of thrombosis…
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- Hospital code While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- Preauricular tag A common minor anomaly, this is a rudimentary tag of ear tissue. It often contains a core of cartilage. The…
- Still's Disease See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid.
- Royal Society, the Nerable scientific society in England which in 1665 published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the…
- Arteriosclerotic aneurysm A localized widening (aneurysm) of a vessel that occurs because the vessel wall is weakened by…
- Frailty syndrome A condition, seen particularly in older patients, characterized by low functional reserve, easy tiring…
- Fracture, torsion A fracture, also called a spiral fracture, in which a bone has been twisted apart. NTER> A fracture is any…
- Reperfusion The restoration of blood flow to an organ or tissue. After a heart attack, an immediate goal is to quickly…
- Percutaneous Through the skin, as in a percutaneous biopsy
- Deformity, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- RT-PCR RT-PCR (Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction) is a highly sensitive technique for the detection…