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Syndrome, Guillain-Barre
See: Guillain-Barre syndrome
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- Immunoglobulin G Abbreviated IgG. A major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Psychosis In the general sense, a mental illness that markedly interferes with a person's capacity to meet life's…
- St John's wort A flowering plant, Hypericum perforatum, also known as Perforate St John's wort, that has long been believed…
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa The versatile 'blue-green pus bacteria' that opportunistically infects people, especially those who are…
- Defibrillator storm A condition that arises when a defibrillator implanted in the chest to right an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart…
- Lancet, The A weekly medical journal headquartered in London. Published uninterruptedly and with the same title since…
- Vaccination, mumps See Immunization, MMR