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Assay, NSE
Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely: neuroblastoma, small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, carcinoid tumors, endocrine tumors of the pancreas, and melanoma…
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Show more- Scler- (Or sclero-) A confusing prefix that can refer exclusively to hardness (from the Greek 'skleros' meaning…
- HAV Hepatitis A virus
- Hernia, diaphragmatic Hernia: Passage of a loop of bowel through the diaphragm muscle. This type of hernia occurs as the bowel from…
- Syndrome, Paterson-Kelly See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Pregnancy, acute fatty liver The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal…
- Pathologist A doctor who identifies diseases by studying cells and tissues under a microscope
- Trigger Something that either sets off a disease in people who are genetically predisposed to developing the disease…
- Social psychology The study of the mind and mental processes, particularly as regards social interactions, focusing on the ways…
- Cataract with poikiloderma atrophicans Also known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive…
- Central nervous system, spongy degeneration of the Also called Canavan disease, this is a severe progressive fatal inherited (genetic) disorder of the central…
- Diabetic eye disease 1. A disease of the small blood vessels of the retina of the eye in people with diabetes. The vessels swell…
- Naprelan See: Naproxen