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Transplantation, peripheral blood stem cell
A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's blood and used in bone marrow transplantation. Stem cells are small, round cells with a squat nucleus and scant surrounding cytoplasm. Although unremarkable in appearance…
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- Cranial nerve IX The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Vitamin therapy The use of vitamins to prevent or cure disease. Many physicians are now recognizing the beneficial uses of…
- Piriformis syndrome Irritation of the sciatic nerve caused by compression of the nerve within the buttock by the piriformis…
- Gouty arthritis An attack that is usually extremely painful of joint inflammation due to deposits of uric acid crystals in…
- Pes Latin word meaning foot.
- Marker, tumor Tumor markers are substances that can be detected in higher-than-normal amounts in the blood, urine, or body…
- PKU, maternal A "sugar pill" or any dummy medication or treatment. For example, in a controlled clinical trial, one group…
- Louise Brown See: Brown, Louise.
- Psychiatric Pertaining to or within the purview of psychiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the prevention…
- Temporal-lobe epilepsy Epilepsy that is characterized by abnormal electrical activity in the temporal lobe of the brain. This…