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Skin test for allergy
Allergy: Teste on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is triggering the allergic reaction. A small amount of the suspected allergy-provoking substance is placed on the skin. The skin is then gently scratched…
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- Trichloroethylene A possible carcinogenic (cancer-causing) compound used mainly as a degreaser for metal parts…
- Weaver syndrome An overgrowth syndrome characterized by accelerated growth and advanced bone age (evident at birth), unusual…
- IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Journals, medical In 1665 the Royal Society in England published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the world: the…
- National Cholesterol Education Program NCEP. A program designed to reduce illness and death from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the US by reducing…
- Asplenia The absence of a spleen or one that functions. (The spleen can be functionally destroyed, as occurs in…
- Meadow syndrome After Dr. Roy Meadow, the pediatrician who coined the term Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Morquio syndrome An inherited error in carbohydrate metabolism that results in mucopolysaccharide accumulation and severe…
- Dermopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermatopathy.
- Kidney infection in children See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Syndrome, Alstrom See: Alstrom syndrome