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Insomnia, chronic
Insomnia that occurs most nights and lasts a month or more. The treatment of chronic insomnia consists of: > >First, the diagnosis and treatment of underlying medical or psychological problems. >The identification of behaviors that may…
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- Insomnia, chronic Insomnia that occurs most nights and lasts a month or more. The treatment of chronic insomnia consists of: >…
- Tay-Sachs disease A genetic metabolic disorder caused by deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase A (hex-A) that results in a…
- WFS1 A gene on the short (p) arm of chromosome 4 in band 4p16 that encodes (provides the instructions for) a…
- Ablate To remove. A tumor may be ablated. To ablate the thyroid gland is to remove it. The word 'ablation' came from…
- Reproductive organs, female The internal genital structures of the female include the ovaries, the Fallopian tubes, the uterus (womb) and…
- Physiologic jaundice of the newborn Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic cardiac…
- Forgotten disease Name sometimes given to Lemierre syndrome
- Menopause, induced Menopause, induced: Induced menopause occurs when menopause is due to an unusual ('unnatural') event. It is…
- Ferrocalcinosis, cerebrovascular A condition that was first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and is therefore sometimes called Fahr syndrome, this…
- Arhythmia We do not usually give a misspelling but this is a frequent misspelling of arrhythmia (with two r's), meaning…