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BI): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBI's mission is to 'provide leadership for a national research program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood and in transfusion medicine through support…
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- Vaccination, measles See Immunization, MMR.
- Glycogen storage disease One of the 14 recognized diseases that interfere with the storage of carbohydrates as glycogen in the body…
- Autograft Tissue transplanted from one part of the body to another in the same individual. Also called an autotransplant
- Lithium Lithium: Lithium carbonate (brand names: Eskalith; Lithobid), a drug used as a mood stabilizer for the…
- Rickettsiosis, vesicular See Rickettsialpox
- Allopathic medicine The system of medical practice which treats disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different…
- Supportive care Treatment given to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects and to improve the patient's…
- Assistive device Any device that is designed, made, or adapted to assist a person perform a particular task. For examples…
- Heterosexuality Sexuality directed toward someone of the opposite sex