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Calcification, nonarteriosclerotic cerebral
This condition described in 1930 by T. Fahr (and therefore called Fahr syndrome) is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by abnormal deposits of calcium in certain of areas of the brain (including the basal ganglia and…
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- Trypanosomiasis, African See: African sleeping sickness
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- Bile sludge A mixture of microscopic particulate matter in bile that occurs when particles of material precipitate from…
- Sagittal A crucial large vein that goes over the top of the skull from front to back and then splits to take blood…
- Bross, Irwin DJ (1921-2004) American public-health advocate and biostatistician who initiated and designed methods for…
- Ultraviolet A One of the three types of invisible light rays (together with ultraviolet B and ultraviolet C) given off by…
- Melomania A singular passion for music that is beyond all reason. From the French melomanie, from the Latin melos, song…
- Nerve conduction study See: Nerve conduction velocity test
- Occipital 1. Pertaining to the occiput, the back of head. 2. Located near the occipital bone as, for example, the…
- Volume, stroke Stroke: The amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction. The stroke volume…
- TXB2 Thromboxane B2, the inactive product of thromboxane