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Pachyonychia congenita with natal teeth
This is a type of pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth) in which teeth are evident at birth. It is called the Jadassohn-Lewandowski syndrome. The characteristic features include: > >Abnormally thick curved nails…
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- Echocardiography, stress Stress: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound…
- Mean cell hemoglobin concentration Hemoglobin concentration: The average concentration of hemoglobin in a given volume of blood. The MCHC is a…
- Hypercoagulability, estrogen-associated >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- Colon cancer and polyps Colon cancer and polyps: Benign tumors of the large intestine are called polyps. Malignant tumors of the…
- Tamponade, esophagogastric A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding…
- Iatrapistic A lack of faith in doctors. Entirely from the Greek: 'iatr-' indicating a relationship to a physician or…
- FGFR3 Abbreviation for fibroblast growth factor receptor 3. Mutations in the FGFR3 gene are known to cause three…
- Emia Suffix meaning blood or referring to the presence of a substance in the blood. As for example, anemia (lack…
- Ring chromosome A structurally abnormal chromosome in which the end of each chromosome arm has been lost and the broken arms…
- AAO 1. Alert and oriented.2. American Association of Ophthalmology, a professional organization.3. American…
- Inhibin One of two hormones (designated inhibin-A and inhibin-B) secreted by the gonads (by Sertoli cells in the male…