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Annexin A1
One of the annexins, a family of proteins that share the property of binding calcium and phospholipids. The gene for annexin A1 (ANXA1) is upregulated in hairy cell leukemia. ANXA1 protein expression is specific to hairy cell leukemia…
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Show more- Breastfeeding practices The practices to be followed in breastfeeding a baby. Human milk is the preferred feeding for all infants…
- Turgor Gree of elasticity of skin, sometimes referred to as skin turgor. The assessment of skin turgor is used…
- Pinosome A tiny fluid-filled vesicle (bubble) within a cell. Pinosomes are created in the process of pinocytosis in…
- Gleason score A grading system for prostate carcinoma devised by Dr. Donald Gleason in 1977 as a method for predicting the…
- Assistive device Any device that is designed, made, or adapted to assist a person perform a particular task. For examples…
- Swallowing syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon swallowing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Gastroesophageal reflux The return of stomach contents back up into the esophagus This frequently causes heartburn because of…
- Bone cyst, aneurysmal A benign lesion in a bone that contains connective tissue and blood inside a thin bony shell and that acts…
- Cell, totipotent A cell with the capacity to form an entire organism. Human development begins when a sperm fertilizes an egg…
- XYY syndrome A chromosomal disorder that affects males only, caused by the presence of an extra Y chromosome. Symptoms may…
- Amygdaloid body See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Disease, Crohn A chronic inflammatory disease primarily involving the small and large intestine but which can affect other…