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EPO test
A test of the hormone EPO (erythropoietin) in blood. The EPO level can indicate bone marrow disorders, kidney disease, or EPO abuse. Testing EPO blood levels is of value if: > >Too little EPO might be responsible for too few red blood…
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Show more- Cancer antigen 125 Taking care of cancer. When cancer is suspected, a biopsy is usually performed and the tissue is sent to a…
- Nail infection, fungal The most common fungus infection of the nails is onychomycosis. Onychomycosis makes the nails look white and…
- Bone, ethmoid See: Ethmoid bone
- Seizure, local See: Partial seizure
- Bursitis, shoulder Inflammation of a bursa of a shoulder joint. A bursa is a fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding…
- Step therapy The practice of beginning drug therapy for a medical condition with the most cost-effective and safest drug…
- Facial nerve paralysis Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial…
- Hematemesis The medical term for bloody vomitus. The word 'hematemesis' is made up of 'hema-', blood + 'emesis', vomit =…
- Phytanic acid storage disease See Refsum disease
- Miner's asthma See: Black lung disease
- Thrush Thrush: Yeast infection of the mouth and throat, characterized by patches of white, caused by the fungus…
- Plasmapheresis A procedure designed to deplete the body of blood plasma (the liquid part of the blood) without depleting the…