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Abortion, spontaneous
A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is born before the 20th week of pregnancy. Spontaneous abortion occurs in at least 15-20% of all recognized pregnancies and usually…
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- ASA (drug caution code) Abbreviation on a medication that indicates it contains acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). This special caution…
- Amniocentesis ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Amniocentesis Main…
- Disease, His Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart), this is a…
- Hepatitis, viral Liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have been labeled A, B, C, D, E, F, and G…
- Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def. Se: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality…
- Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Donald Fredrickson See: Fredrickson, Donald
- Agonist maintenance treatment See: Methadone treatment program
- Anterograde memory Loss of short-term memory with retention of memories from the distant past (long-term memory)
- OB Abbreviation for obstetrician or for obstetrics, the art and science of managing pregnancy, labor and the…