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EPO test
A test of the hormone EPO (erythropoietin) in blood. The EPO level can indicate bone marrow disorders, kidney disease, or EPO abuse. Testing EPO blood levels is of value if: > >Too little EPO might be responsible for too few red blood…
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- Cancer, Hodgkin disease (adult) Hodgkin disease (adult): A type of lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system). The most common symptom of…
- Neuron A nerve cell that sends and receives electrical signals over long distances within the body. A neuron may…
- Gymnophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of nudity. Sufferers of this phobia experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Salvage chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after recurrence of a tumor. See: Salvage therapy
- Obstetrician A physician who delivers babies and is in the practice of obstetrics, the art and science of managing…
- Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Heberden disease >Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the…
- A- See: A-
- Scoliosis, structural A fixed lateral (sideway) curve of the spine. Structural scoliosis often occurs from unknown factors without…
- Thyroid binding globulin A blood protein that binds with the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).
- Excisional biopsy A biopsy in which an entire biopsy in which an entire lesion, is removed. A excisional biopsy is in contrast…