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West syndrome
Infantile spasms, a seizure disorder of infancy and early childhood with the onset predominantly in the first year of life of myoclonic seizures, hypsarrhythmia (abnormal, chaotic electroencephalogram), and mental retardation. The spasms…
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Show more- Hallervorden-Spatz disease A genetic disorder in which there is progressive neurologic degeneration with the accumulation of iron in the…
- Transformation, genetic A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of…
- Megrim Migraine. Usually periodic attacks of headaches on one or both sides of the head. Megrim (migraine) may be…
- TCM Traditional Chinese medicine
- Elastase inhibitor See: Antielastase
- Co-stimulation An event in the immune system involving the delivery of a second signal by an antigen-presenting cell. The…
- Hemophilia heterozygote See: Hemophilia carrier
- JC virus (JCV) A virus that commonly causes infections of no consequence in children with a normal immune system but…
- Obstructive sleep apnea Sleep apnea (OSA): Sleep apnea is a breathing disorder characterized by brief interruptions of breathing…
- SHP Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Musculus The Latin for muscle. Plural: musculi. In anatomy and many medical textbooks and dictionaries, the muscles…
- Urea breath test (UBT) The urea breath test (UBT) is a procedure for diagnosing the presence of a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori (H…