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Tabes dorsalis
Slowly progressive degeneration of the spinal cord that occurs in the tertiary (third) phase of syphilis a decade or more after originally contracting the infection. Among the terrible features of tabes dorsalis are lancinating…
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- ZAP-70 Zeta-chain-associated protein kinase 70. A member of the protein tyrosine kinase family, ZAP-70 is normally…
- Hexosaminidase A An enzyme which, when deficient, causes Tay-Sachs disease, a progressive fatal neurologic disorder…
- DHEA Dehydroepiandrosterone
- Factor X A laboratory-made agent similar to a normally existing substance in the body that stimulates the production…
- Menstrually associated migraine See: Menstrual migraine
- Osteoblast A cell that makes bone. It does so by producing a matrix that then becomes mineralized. Bone mass is…
- DHT Dihydrotestosterone
- Ciliary body melanoma See: Intraocular melanoma
- RT 1. Respiratory therapist.2. Radiation therapy.3. Reverse transcriptase
- Calcification, nonarteriosclerotic cerebral This condition described in 1930 by T. Fahr (and therefore called Fahr syndrome) is a genetic (inherited)…
- Orthopaedist An orthopaedic surgeon, a doctor who corrects congenital or functional abnormalities of the bones with…