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TC-99 tetrofosmin scintimammography
Scintimammography is an imaging technique that uses a radioisotope (a radioactive substance) to help visualize the breast and find cancer. Scintimammography using the radioisotope technetium tetrofosmin (Tc-99 tetrofosmin) can detect…
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- Erotic jealousy syndrome See: Othello syndrome
- Cardiac-limb syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Amnesia Lack of memory. Amnesia after trauma can be antegrade or retrograde, depending upon whether the lack of…
- Hashimoto thyroiditis Thyroiditis: A progressive disease of the thyroid gland characterized by the presence of antibodies directed…
- Nodular melanoma See: Melanoma, nodular
- Economy class syndrome The formation of blood clots in veins deep within the legs -- deep vein thrombosis -- occurring during (or…
- Vitamin therapy The use of vitamins to prevent or cure disease. Many physicians are now recognizing the beneficial uses of…
- Spermatogonial stem cell See: Sperm stem cell
- C1 (cervical vertebra) C1 is the first cervical (neck) vertebra which is called the atlas. It supports the head. The atlas bone is…
- Blue baby A baby who is cyanotic (blue), due usually to a heart malformation that prevents the baby's blood from being…