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Placental growth factor
A type of vascular endothelial growth factor. Placental growth factor is expressed not only in placental cells but also many nonplacental cells including endothelial cells (that line blood vessels). The gene that encodes placental growth…
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Show more- Nerve, recurrent laryngeal One of the best known branches of the vagus nerve, a very long nerve that originates in the brainstem. After…
- Cesarian section, lower segment (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus
- Aerophagia Swallowing too much air, a common cause of gas in the stomach and belching. Everyone swallows small amounts…
- HPS 1. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.2. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic See Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
- Skittling Street name for the high produced by abuse of the drug dextromethorphan
- Caspase 3 An enzyme that plays a key role in programmed cell death, or apoptosis. Caspase 3 has been called the…
- Tamponade, cardiac A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the…
- Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) A life-threatening disease involving embolism and thrombosis (plugging) of the small blood vessels in the…
- Palsy, laryngeal nerve Paralysis of the larynx (voice box) caused by damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve or its parent nerve…
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Baker's yeast. The simplest single-cell organism that operates in a manner similar to a human cell and…
- Jock itch Itch: A superficial fungus infection of the crotch and perineum known medically as tinea cruris. Good general…