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Amnesia, retrograde
See: Retrograde amnesia
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- Pancreozymin See: Cholecystokinin
- PAD Peripheral artery disease
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- Prehypertension A systolic pressure of 120 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure of between 80 and 89 mm Hg. Prehypertension…
- Ehrlich, Paul (1854-1915) Renowned German scientist and physician. Born near Breslau, Ehrlich got his start there working…
- Hereditary essential tremor See: Essential tremor
- Food and Drug Administration The FDA, an agency within the U.S. Public Health Service, which is a part of the Department of Health and…
- ETM2 A gene for essential tremor, uncontrollable shaking of the hands and head and sometimes other parts of the…
- Presbyacousia See: Presbycusis