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Syndrome, Barlow
Barlow syndrome is mitral valve prolapse (also known as 'click murmur syndrome'), the most common heart valve abnormality, affecting 5-10% of the world population. Most patients have no symptoms and require no treatment. However, the…
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- Beijerinck See: Beijerinck, Martinus W.
- NIMH Stands for the National Institute of Mental Health, one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S…
- RDIs (Reference Daily Intakes) Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by…
- Megacolon An abnormally enlarged colon.
- Transition, menopause Menopause: A woman can usually tell if she is approaching menopause because her menstrual periods starts…
- Catecholamine Pronounced cat·e·chol·amine. An amine derived from the amino acid tyrosine -- examples include epinephrine…
- Syndrome, hemolytic uremic See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome.
- Jewish penicillin Chicken soup. If not really a form of penicillin,' chicken soup may, in fact, have some therapeutic merit. A…
- EGF Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to…
- Radium The celebrated radioactive element discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898