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Gerstmann-Straussler disease
See: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome
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- Vibrio cholerae One of the Vibrio bacteria, V. cholerae (as the name implies) is the agent of cholera, a devastating and…
- Arachnoiditis Arachnoiditis: Inflammation of the middle layer of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord…
- Ecstatic Pertaining to ecstasy, a state of rapture and trancelike elation
- Disease surveillance The ongoing systematic collection and analysis of data and the provision of information which leads to action…
- Formication The illusion or hallucination that ants or other insects are creeping on or under the skin. Formication is a…
- Neutropenia, severe congenital (SCN) Neutropenia, severe congenital (SCN): Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white…
- JIP Juvenile intestinal polyposis. See: Juvenile polyposis
- Nervous system, parasympathetic A part of the nervous system that slows the heart rate, increases intestinal and gland activity, and relaxes…
- Immunization, pneumococcal One of the two polio vaccines that are available: oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine…
- JPC Juvenile polyposis coli. See: Juvenile polyposis