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Diabetic nephropathy
The kidney disease associated with long-standing diabetes. Diabetic nephropathy is also called Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease (or Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome) or intercapillary glomerulonephritis. Diabetic nephropathy typically affects the…
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Show more- Subacute Rather recent onset or somewhat rapid change. The term 'subacute' is used in contrast to acute which…
- Prominentia laryngea The prominence of the larynx, more commonly known as the Adam's apple. This familiar feature in front of the…
- Syndrome, Sjogren-Larsson The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…
- Cardiac myocyte A heart muscle cell. Sometimes called a myocyte when it is understood that it is in the heart. See also…
- Tandem MS Abbreviation for tandem mass spectrometry. See: Tandem mass spectrometry
- DEA Every prescription written in the United States bears a DEA number, that of the prescribing doctor, the DEA…
- Leprosy See: Hansen disease
- Cod liver oil An oil extracted from the liver of the cod. Cod liver oil was once given religiously to children every day as…
- Minamata disease A disorder caused by methyl mercury poisoning that was first described in the inhabitants of Minamata Bay…
- Bulimia Bulimia: Also called bulimia nervosa. An eating disorder characterized by episodes of secretive excessive…
- IgD Immunoglobulin D, a class of immunoglobulins found as antibodies on the surface of B cells (B lymphocytes)…
- Systole, premature See: Extrasystole