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Sweats, night
Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats have many possible causes, including medications, infections, and cancers
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- Headache, thunderclap A sudden and excruciatingly painful headache. Some doctors feel that in the absence of a known headache…
- Medicine, nuclear See: Nuclear medicine
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IVB Morquio syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme beta-galactosidase. See also Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) A disorder of the muscles and joints of older persons characterized by pain and stiffness, affecting both…
- Rh factor An antigen found in the red blood cells of most people: those who have Rh factor are said to be Rh positive…
- Agent, antiprotozoal An agent that destroys protozoa or inhibits their growth and ability to reproduce. A few of the protozoa of…
- Paresthesia An abnormal sensation of the skin, such as numbness, tingling, pricking, burning, or creeping on the skin…
- Expressivity The consistency of a genetic disease. For example, Marfan disease shows variable expressivity. Some persons…
- Agreement, arbitration See: Arbitration agreement
- Severe combined immunodeficiency disease >X-linked SCID, the most common type, a genetic flaw damages molecules that allow T cells and B cells to…
- Oath of Maimonides A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…