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Cesarian section, vaginal birth after
It was once the rule that, after a C-section, the next delivery also had to be by C-section. Now, vaginal delivery after Cesarian section (VBAC) is sometimes feasible. Age is one the factors that need to be considered, since women over 30…
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- Foodborne disease A disease caused by consuming contaminated food or drink. Myriad microbes and toxic substances can…
- Dystonia, focal, due to blepharospasm See: Focal dystonia due to blepharospasm
- Insufficiency, pulmonary See: Pulmonary insufficiency
- Acquired epileptiform aphasia See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Autotransplantation The process of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another in the same individual. The…
- Hair, exclamation point Exclamation point hair is a key diagnostic finding in a disorder called alopecia areata. Alopecia areata is…
- Flutter Flutter is a rapid vibration or pulsation. The difference between flutter and fibrillation is that flutter is…
- Uracil (U) A nucleotide base and one member of the A-U (adenine-uracil) base pair in RNA. The other base pair in RNA is…
- Syndecan One of a family of core proteins with sugars attached to the cell surfaces that control or influence tissue…
- Pseudoobstruction, neuropathic Intestinal pseudoobstruction caused by damage to nerve cells in the walls of the bowel
- Phenylalanine An essential amino acid. (The human body cannot make it so it is essential to the diet.) Phenylalanine that…