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Newborn test, Brazelton
A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The Brazelton newborn test is formally called the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS). However, the NBAS which was devised by the…
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Show more- Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy A form of muscular dystrophy that typically begins before age 20 with slowly progressive weakness of the…
- Folding motif An independent folding unit, or particular structure, that recurs in many molecules
- Jackknife seizure See: Infantile spasms
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIB Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase. See also…
- Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles
- R/O Medical abbreviation for rule out
- Bronchopulmonary dysplasia A chronic lung disease of babies, which most commonly develops in the first 4 weeks after birth and most…
- Ulcer An area of tissue erosion, for example, of the skin or lining of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Due to the…
- Remote telesurgery Surgical procedures carried out at a great distance thanks to advances in robotic and computer technology and…
- Parturition Childbirth, the process of delivering the baby and placenta from the uterus to the vagina to the outside…
- Goiter Enlargement of the thyroid gland. A goiter is not cancerous. It is simply a thyroid gland that is bigger than…
- BPD Stands for Borderline Personality Disorder, a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive instability…