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- Henoch-Schonlein purpura Henoch-Schonlein purpura: See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura.
- Respiratory therapist A person who has graduated from an approved respiratory therapist program and is qualified to provide…
- Prinzmetal angina See: Angina, Prinzmetal
- Dacry- Combining form used before a vowel to denote a relationship to tears. See: Dacryo-
- DNA, coding A sequence of DNA that codes for protein. Coding DNA sequences are separated by long regions of DNA called…
- Disease, His-Werner Named for the Swiss physician Wilhelm His, Jr. (who also described the bundle of His in the heart) and the…
- Abuse, child Child abuse is a very complex and dangerous set of problems that include child neglect and the physical…
- Respiratory insufficiency The condition in which the lungs cannot take in sufficient oxygen or expell sufficient carbon dioxide to meet…
- Pancytopenia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Facio-auriculo-vertebral spectrum See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Klumpke palsy A form of brachial plexus palsy in which there is paralysis of the muscles of the forearm and hand due to an…