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Spitz-Holter valve
A pioneering one-way valve created by John Holter to treat hydrocephalus. In 1955 Mr. Holter, , a hydraulics technician, and his wife had a son with hydrocephalus for which there was then no effective treatment. Mr. Holter designed a…
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- Range In medicine and statistics, the difference between the lowest and highest numerical values. For example, if…
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention >CDC facilities in the US in: > >Anchorage, Alaska >Atlanta >Cincinnati, Ohio >Fort Collins, Colorado…
- Actinic Referring to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight and UV lamps. Sunburn is an actinic burn. An actinic…
- Autologous blood donation Giving blood to yourself. For example, patients scheduled for non-emergency surgery may be eligible to donate…
- Vaccination, mumps See Immunization, MMR
- Living donor liver transplantation An option for patients who need a liver transplant. In this procedure, a healthy person (usually a family…
- Scoliosis, nonstructural A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- Macroscopic Large enough to be seen with the naked eye, as opposed to microscopic. For example, a macroscopic tumor is…
- Lower GI series Short for lower gastrointestinal series. A series of x-rays of the rectum, colon and lower section of the…
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIIC See: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, dermatosparaxis type