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HAVS
Hand-arm vibration syndrome
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- ERCP ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
- Asp Aspartic acid. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Hypergraphic A person with hypergraphia, the insatiable urge to write
- Incidence The frequency with which something, such as a disease, appears in a particular population or area. In disease…
- Cholera =4 cel ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Cholera Main…
- FLAP A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation…
- Selenium deficiency See Deficiency, selenium
- Antisense DNA DNA normally has two strands, i.e., the sense strand and the antisense strand. In double-stranded DNA, only…
- Cardioversion The conversion of one cardiac rhythm or electrical pattern to another, almost always from an abnormal to a…
- Methemoglobinemia The presence in the blood of methemoglobin, a form of hemoglobin that is useless for carrying oxygen and…
- Beta-secretase An enzyme that appears to be directly involved in the early development of Alzheimer's disease…