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TC-99 tetrofosmin scintimammography
Scintimammography is an imaging technique that uses a radioisotope (a radioactive substance) to help visualize the breast and find cancer. Scintimammography using the radioisotope technetium tetrofosmin (Tc-99 tetrofosmin) can detect…
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- Prusiner, Stanley B. American neurologist (1942-) and winner of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of 'prions - a new biological…
- Nervous system, autonomic Part of the nervous system that was once thought to be functionally independent of the brain. The autonomic…
- Phantom tooth Persistent pain in the area from which a tooth has been extracted. Phantom tooth pain may last for months and…
- Coccyx The small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine very near to the anus. The coccyx is made up of 3-5…
- Allergic rhinitis Medical term for hay fever, a condition due to allergy that mimics a chronic cold. (Hay fever is a misnomer…
- Zaleplon Zaleplon: Brand name: Sonata. A sedative hypnotic drug in a class closely related the benzodiazepines…
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis Primary sclerosing cholangitis: A chronic disorder of the liver in which the ducts carrying bile from the…
- Argentaffinoma A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Argentaffinoma is also called carcinoid tumor…
- Vertical Passage of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) vertically from mother directly to baby during the perinatal…
- Primary amebic meningoencephalitis A rare, but fatal infection of the central nervous system caused by Naegleria fowleri, an ameba that inhabits…