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Goldring, Sidney
Polish-born American neurosurgeon who pioneered the surgical treatment of epilepsy. Beginning in the 1970s, Dr. Goldring developed a technique that allows the brain to be mapped, enabling the procedure to be used with children with…
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- Speech disorder A disorder affecting the ability to produce normal speech. Speech disorders may affect articulation (phonetic…
- Will, living A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Postpolio syndrome (PPS) Postpolio syndrome (PPS): Persons who have had polio may develop newly progressive fatigue, pain, and…
- Cysticerci The plural of cysticercis. See: Cysticercus
- Lymphogranuloma venereum Abbreviated LGV. An uncommon genital or anorectal (affecting the anus and/or rectum) infection that is caused…
- Syndrome, sick sinus Symptoms of dizziness, confusion, fainting, and heart failure due to a problem with the sinus node of the…
- Hayfever Hay fever is, always has been, and ever shall be two separate words. See: Hay fever
- G protein These molecules have been described as 'biological traffic lights.' Located inside the cell, G proteins are…
- Wymin An alternate spelling of wimmin
- Tomography The process for generating a tomogram, a two-dimensional image of a slice or section through a…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, due to deficiency of the enzyme N-acetylgalactosamine-4-sulfatase. See also…