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Alpha-1
Short for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
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Show more- Spider telangiectasia Spider veins.
- Osteotomy, cuneiform Surgical removal of a triangular piece of bone
- Muscular dystrophy, Ullrich congenital A disorder evident at birth characterized by muscle weakness, contractures of multiple joints, and…
- Antigen A substance that is capable of causing the production of an antibody. Antigens may or may not lead to an…
- Iodine, radioactive An isotope of the chemical element iodine that is radioactive. Radioactive iodine is used in diagnostic tests…
- Amyloidosis, primary Amyloidosis, primary: A disorder of plasma cells (special white blood cells that produce antibodies), this is…
- Acellular vaccine A vaccine that may contain cellular material but does not contain complete cells
- Pubic symphysis The joint between the pubic bones in the front of the pelvis. Also called the symphysis pubis
- Leech therapy The use of leeches in medical treatment. Once used as an almost universal cure, leeches were largely…
- Gastropathy Disease of the stomach, as in hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy. Gastropathy comes from gastro-…
- Neuralgia Pain along the course of a nerve
- Connexin 26 Also known as gap junction beta 2, or GJB2. See: GJB2. See also: Connexin