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Fever, dengue hemorrhagic (DHF)
A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock). DHF starts abruptly with high continuous fever and headache plus respiratory and…
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Show more- Lifetime risk The risk of developing a disease during ones lifetime or dying of the disease. The estimated lifetime risk of…
- Medulla oblongata The base of the brain, which is formed by the enlarged top of the spinal cord. This part of the brain…
- Disease, single gene See Single gene disease
- Mapping, gene The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- Parentectomy A slang term meaning removal of a parent (or both parents) from the child. It is of relevance to the…
- Family medicine Also called family practice. The medical specialty which provides continuing and comprehensive health care…
- Response, hyperglycemic A response resulting in a high blood sugar and specifically elevating the level of the sugar glucose in the…
- Citrulline A non-standard amino acid that is not normally present in protein. Citrulline is created in the body as an…
- Hematologist A physician who is specially trained in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the blood and…
- Mousepox A disease of mice caused by the ectromelia virus. See: Ectromelia virus
- Hemoglobin E Normal embryonic hemoglobin, the main type of hemoglobin found in the human embryo. The E stands for…
- Neck The part of the body joining the head to the shoulders. Also, any narrow or constricted part of a bone or…