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Segmental arterial Doppler pressures
A test that measures the blood pressures in the legs to make sure there is normal blood flow. The test is usually done when there is intermittent claudication (leg pain on exercise). Normally the blood pressures in the legs are similar to…
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Show more- Hepatitis C virus A single-stranded RNA virus in the Flaviviridae family that causes hepatitis C. Abbreviated HCV. The HCV…
- Channelopathy A disease involving dysfunction of an ion channel. Channelopathies are known that involve the ion channels…
- Depigmentation Loss of color (pigment) from the skin, mucous membranes, hair, or retina of the eye. The color of the skin…
- Sac, amniotic Amniotic sac
- Tumor registry Recorded information about the status of patients with tumors. Although a registry was originally the place…
- Suicide, assisted See: Assisted suicide
- Spinal muscular atrophy A genetic disease characterized by progressive loss of lower motor neurons (anterior horn cells) in the…
- Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD) Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD): A condition that typically begins in childhood or adolescence with…
- Asn Asparagine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Wet lung See: ARDS
- Stem cell transplantation The use of stem cells as a treatment for cancer or other diseases: > >The stem cells are removed (or…
- Genome, fruitfly See: Drosophila genome