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OKT3
Brand name for muromonab-CD3, an immunosuppressant drug given intravenously to reverse acute rejection of transplanted organs, including the heart, kidneys and liver. OKT3 was the first monoclonal antibody used to treat patients. OKT3 acts…
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Show more- Physician assistant (PA) >Medical histories and physical examinations: a PA is usually can perform histories and physical examinations…
- Leg pain with cramping An aching, crampy, tired, and sometimes burning pain in the legs that comes and goes -- it typically occurs…
- Hematuria, microscopic Blood in the urine that is visible only under a microscope. There is so little blood that it cannot be seen…
- Basophil A type of leukocyte (white blood cell) with coarse bluish-black granules of uniform size within the cytoplasm…
- Mastectomy, modified radical Removal of the breast tissue and the axillary lymph nodes, which are under the arms
- Rheumatoid nodules Rheumatoid nodules are firm lumps in the skin of patients with rheumatoid arthritis that usually occur in…
- Spin doctor Not a physician who is expert on dizzying conditions but someone who puts a spin on the news to manipulate…
- Familial mental retardation 1 See FMR1.
- Kidney infection in children See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Psychoimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the immune system. The basic concept of psychoimmunology is…
- Supination Rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm is up (and the corresponding movement of the foot and leg…
- Line, central A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…