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Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Nt platelet syndrome): The Bernard-Soulier syndrome is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately to injured blood vessel walls. This is a crucial aspect of the process of forming a blood…
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Show more- Sweats, night Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats have many possible…
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Scarring throughout the lungs without an identifiable cause. See: Pulmonary fibrosis
- Cholesteryl ester transfer protein See: Cholesterol ester transfer protein
- Neurone A variant spelling of neuron. Sometimes preferred in the UK, as in 'His suffering from motor neurone disease…
- Hammer toe A flexed (curled) but not abnormally rotated toe. May require surgical correction
- Sarcoma, metastatic A sarcoma that is spreading into other body tissues through the lymphatic system. The most common site for…
- SPECT An acronym that stands for Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, a nuclear medicine procedure in which…
- Balanoposthitis In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Breast cancer, familial A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of…
- Oxyuris A group of intestinal worms that includes pinworm.
- CST3 The gene for cystatin C
- Anion A negatively charged ion. Pronounced an-I-on. An anion is as opposed to a cation, which is a positively…