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Hallervorden-Spatz disease
A genetic disorder in which there is progressive neurologic degeneration with the accumulation of iron in the brain. The gene for the disease is on chromosome 20 in region 20p13-p12.3. The syndrome was first described by Julius…
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Show more- School, medical See: Medical school
- Deficiency, alpha-galactosidase A See: Fabry disease
- Breech The buttocks
- Ambulatory care Medical care including diagnosis, observation, treatment and rehabilitation that is provided on an outpatient…
- Medication 1. A drug or medicine. 2. The administration of a drug or medicine. (Note that 'medication' does not have the…
- Internal radiation therapy Radiation therapy in which radioactive material is placed in or near a tumor
- Mastectomy, radical Removal of all breast tissue, from just under the collar bone to the abdomen, including the chest wall…
- PPD 1. Postpartum depression. 2. Purified protein derivative (the PPD skin test for tuberculosis)
- Stent A tube designed to be inserted into a vessel or passageway to keep it open. Stents are inserted into narrowed…
- Water channel See: Aquaporin
- Glossopharyngeal nerve The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Skin graft, autogenic A graft using the patient's own skin. Also known as an autologous graft.