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Flying with diabetes
A concern for patients with diabetes is flying with medications and supplies. Letters from doctors are not recommended since security has concerns that these may be easily forged. The currently recommended way to fly with medications and…
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- Familial Parkinson disease type 1 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the…
- Multicellular Consisting of more than one cell. Humans are multicellular and have been estimated to possess 100,000 billion…
- Iritis Inflammation of the iris. The iris is the circular, colored curtain in the front of the visible of the eye…
- Lymphocyte A small white blood cell (leukocyte) that plays a large role in defending the body against disease…
- Supernumerary digit An extra finger or toe
- Spinal muscular atrophy A genetic disease characterized by progressive loss of lower motor neurons (anterior horn cells) in the…
- Cranial nerve III The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the…
- Pedigree In medicine, a family health history diagrammed with a set of international symbols to indicate the…
- Injury Harm or hurt. The term 'injury' may be applied in medicine to damage inflicted upon oneself as in a hamstring…
- Charles D. Kelman See: Phacoemulsification
- Epithelium The outside layer of cells that covers all the free, open surfaces of the body including the skin, and mucous…