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Living donor liver transplantation
An option for patients who need a liver transplant. In this procedure, a healthy person (usually a family member, friend or co-worker) donates a portion of their liver to the transplant patient. One of the two lobes of the donor's liver is…
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- Atria The plural of atrium. The atria are the two smaller chambers of the heart. Each atrium consists of an open…
- Familial colorectal cancer A label applied to families that contain an unusual aggregation of members with cancer of the colon or rectum…
- Glans penis, inflammation of the Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis is called balanitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Drug, antithyroid A drug directed against the thyroid gland. The antithyroid drugs include carbimazole, methimazole, and…
- Legionnaire disease A disease due to the bacteria Legionella pneumophila found in plumbing, shower heads and water-storage tanks…
- Biopsy, incisional See: Incisional biopsy
- Rehabilitation The process of restoration of skills by a person who has had an illness or injury so as to regain maximum…
- XP Xeroderma pigmentosum
- North Asian tick-borne rickettsiosis One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Hepatic duct, common See: Common hepatic duct
- Itch, seabather's An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…