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Central core disease of muscle
One of the conditions that produces 'floppy baby' syndrome. CCD causes hypotonia (floppiness) in the newborn baby, slowly progressive muscle weakness, and muscle cramps after exercise. Muscle biopsy shows a key diagnostic finding (absent…
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Show more- Cholangiogram A radiologic procedure used to look at the gallbladder and bile ducts. See also: Intravenous cholangiogram.
- Syndrome, MASS A heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by involvement of the mitral valve, aorta, skeleton…
- Pharmacogenetics The merger of pharmacology and genetics into a field that pertains to the hereditary responses to drugs. For…
- Tamponade, balloon A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding…
- Hormone, thyrotropin A hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in response to signals from the…
- Cancer of the labia See: Cancer of the vulva
- Gibbon heart-lung machine The first heart-lung machine. Named for the American physician John H. Gibbon who built it in 1937. This…
- ATM Symbol for the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) gene. The protein made by the ATM gene functions to…
- Sinus, cavernous A large channel of venous blood creating a 'sinus' cavity bordered by the sphenoid bone and the temporal bone…
- CHARGE association A constellation of congenital malformations (birth defects). The name of the condition is an acronym of some…
- Locomotive system Limited to a local region. See also: Locoregional anesthesia; Locoregional metastasis.
- Empyema The presence of pus in the pleural space which is between the outer surface of the lung and the chest wall…