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1. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.2. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
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Show more- Proband The family member through whom a family's medical history comes to light. For example, a proband might be a…
- Test, exercise treadmill A test (sometimes simply called a treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous electrocardiogram…
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer See: Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Leukocyte,eosinophilic See: Eosinophil
- Abiotic 1. Not associated with living organisms.2. Anything in the environment incapable of life, such as the soil or…
- Wasp sting A sting from a wasp, like that of other large stinging insects such as bees, hornets and yellow jackets…
- Penis, inflammation of the foreskin and glans In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Randomized The use of chance alone to assign the participants in an experiment or trial to different groups in order to…
- African tick typhus One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Bed blocker See: Bed blocker
- Therapy, pulmonary Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Eczema vaccinatum A common concern with smallpox vaccination involving the implantation of the vaccinia virus from the…