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Calcium excess
Overly high intake of calcium that can result in elevated levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia). This can cause muscle weakness and constipation, affect the conduction of electrical impulses in the heart (heart block), lead to…
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Show more- Placental bone morphogenetic protein See: MIC-1
- Granuloma, swimming pool Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…
- Echocardiography Echocardiography is a diagnostic test which uses ultrasound waves to make images of the heart chambers…
- Section, cross A transverse cut through a structure. The opposite is a longitudinal section
- Eyelid The lid or cover of the eye, a movable fold of skin and muscle that can be closed over the eyeball or opened…
- Leukemia, chronic phase of Leukemia, chronic phase of: A stage in which there are few blast cells in the blood or bone marrow, and few…
- Carcinoma of the breast, infiltrating ductal Breast, infiltrating ductal: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of…
- Dextrose Better known today as glucose, this sugar is the chief source of energy in the body. Glucose is chemically…
- Hangman injury (Hangman's fracture) A broken neck involving a fracture of an upper cervical vertebra similar to the injury suffered in death by…
- Genetic immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- Catheter, pulmonary artery A light flexible balloon-tipped tube that is introduced into the pulmonary artery (the artery from the right…
- Epidermal growth factor receptor EGFR