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Muscle biopsy
A minor surgical procedure done under local anesthetic using a needle or a small incision to remove a small sample of muscle. The procedure may be done to confirm a clinical diagnosis, distinguish between nerve and muscle disorders…
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- Pseudodementia A severe form of depression resulting from a progressive brain disorder in which cognitive changes mimic…
- Osteogenesis imperfecta Brittle bone disease. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is not one but a group of genetic diseases, all of which…
- Allogeneic Taken from different individuals of the same species. Two or more individuals are said to be allogeneic to…
- Erythrasma A chronic superficial slowly spreading skin infection, especially in the folds of the body and webs between…
- Mercury gilding A perilous process for gold-plating in which an amalgam of mercury and gold is applied to an object and then…
- Hemorrhage Bleeding or the abnormal flow of blood. The patient may have an internal hemorrhage that is invisible or an…
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SI Joint Pain) : Pain arising from abnormalities or
- Dermatology 1. The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the skin…
- DNA technology, recombinant A series of procedures used to join together (recombine) DNA segments. A recombinant DNA molecule is…
- Placental growth factor A type of vascular endothelial growth factor. Placental growth factor is expressed not only in placental…