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Vaginal birth after Cesarian section
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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- Meningitis, Mollaret Benign recurrent aseptic meningitis. The cause of Mollaret meningitis is not known. Mollaret meningitis is…
- Rice rat A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Calcification, nonarteriosclerotic cerebral This condition described in 1930 by T. Fahr (and therefore called Fahr syndrome) is a genetic (inherited)…
- Birth cohort A group of people born during a particular period or year
- Laser, argon See: Argon laser
- Indirect immunofluorescence assay A laboratory test used to detect antibodies in serum or other body fluid. The specific antibodies are labeled…
- Mudslide injury See: Landslide injury
- Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman syndrome) A disease which leads to inflammation and thickening of the skin and fascia. (The fascia is a lining tissue…
- Diabetes Diabetes: Refers to diabetes mellitus or, less often, to diabetes insipidus. Diabetes mellitus and diabetes…
- Endodermal Pertaining to the endoderm or to tissues derived from the endoderm