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Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson
Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease is a kidney condition associated with long-standing diabetes. It affects the network of tiny blood vessels (the microvasculature) in the glomerulus, a key structure in the…
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Show more- Tattoos & permanent makeup The intradermal application of inks for the purpose of tattooing or permanent makeup (also known as…
- First do no harm Slogan used in medicine often in the Latin wording 'primum non nocere,' a fundamental medical precept of…
- Disease, Lou Gehrig Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive…
- Saddle gall A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitting saddle. Also called a saddle sore
- Childhood liver cancer Primary cancer of the liver (cancer that starts in the liver) in children, a relatively rare malignancy in…
- Culdocentesis The puncture and aspiration (withdrawal) of fluid from the cul-de-sac, the rectouterine pouch (the pouch of…
- Alpha cell, pancreatic A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Hereditary multi-infarct dementia See CADASIL
- Ceruloplasmin deficiency Lack of the protein ceruloplasmin from the blood and accumulation of iron in the pancreas, liver and brain…
- BMD (bone mineral density) Abbreviation for bone mineral density and, the synonymous term, bone mass density. See: Bone mass density.
- Synesthesia A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with…
- Lymphoma, high-grade High-grade lymphoma