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Hairy-cell leukemia
See: Hairy cell leukemia
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- Occipital hematoma A hematoma (collection of blood) in the occipital region (at the back of the head). An occipital hematoma may…
- Depression, agitated See: Agitated depression
- Casals-Ariet, Jordi (1911-2004) Spanish-born American physician and viral epidemiologist who discovered Lassa virus in 1969. Dr…
- Cholesterol ester transfer protein A protein that helps regulate the size of cholesterol particles and influence the process of atherogenesis…
- Oriental medicine (traditional) His is a sophisticated form of medicine that is comprised of many systematic techniques and methods…
- Myelitis, transverse A disease of the spinal cord in which there is demyelination (erosion of the myelin sheath that normally…
- PYY A hormone concerned with hunger and the lack of hunger (satiety). Soon after eating, PYY is secreted into the…
- Syndrome, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Postmortem examination An autopsy. Also called a necropsy. Postmortem examinations have been done for more than 2,000 years but…
- Echinococcosis Parasitic disease caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus. There are three forms of…
- Anterior cruciate ligament A ligament in the knee that crosses from the underside of the femur (the thigh bone) to the top of the tibia…