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Syndrome, acute brain
See: Delirium
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- Depression Depression: An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and…
- Anti-citrulline antibody See: Citrulline antibody
- Subscapularis muscle >The subscapularis muscle; >The supraspinatus muscle, which is responsible for elevating the arm and moving…
- Child abuse, emotional Child abuse, emotional: Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse…
- Miscarriage Miscarriage: Inadvertent loss of a pregnancy before the fetus is viable. A considerable proportion of…
- Band, chromosome One of the transverse bands produced on chromosomes by differential staining techniques. Depending on the…
- Marshall-Smith syndrome A disorder characterized by advanced bone age at birth, broad forehead, prominent eyes, and small chin. There…