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Recurrence risk
In medical genetics, the recurrence risk is the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in the family will recur in that family and affect another person (or persons). It is the chance of 'lightning striking twice' (or thrice…
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- Periodontics Periodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases…
- Slipped elbow See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease is a kidney condition associated with…
- Anticipatory grief The normal mourning that occurs when a patient or family is expecting a death. Anticipatory grief has many of…
- Fee for service ): In health care, a payment mechanism in which a provider is paid for each individual service rendered to a…
- Central At or near the center. In anatomy and medicine (as elsewhere), central is the opposite of 'peripheral' which…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Stenosis, carotid-artery See: Carotid stenosis
- Atkins diet A high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate weight-loss diet popularized by Dr. Robert C. Atkins that allows…
- Test, child development A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…
- Ecogenetics The interaction of genetics with the environment. The genetic disease PKU (phenylketonuria) provides an…