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Chemoprophylaxis
The use of a chemical agent to prevent the development of a disease. See: Chemoprevention
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- Pediatric cystitis Bladder infection in a child. See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Electroretinogram Abbreviated ERG. An electroretinographic recording. See: Electroretinography
- GPO GPO stands for various things (such as the Government Printing Office) but in a healthcare context (and many…
- Study, crossover A type of clinical trial in which the study subjects receive each treatment in a random order. In this type…
- Tick-borne disease >Babesiosis (a malaria-like infection) >Colorado tick fever (generally in the western US) >Ehrlichiosis >Lyme…
- Hypertension High blood pressure, defined as a repeatedly elevated blood pressure exceeding 140 over 90 mmHg -- a systolic…
- Polycystic kidney disease, adult See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal dominant
- Pleurisy Pleurisy: Inflammation of the pleura, the linings surrounding the lungs. There are two layers of pleura; one…
- Oculocraniosomatic syndrome See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Wegener's granulomatosis Wegener's granulomatosis: An uncommon type of inflammation of small arteries and veins (vasculitis) that…