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DSM-IV
The 4th edition of 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders' (DSM) a comprehensive classification of officially recognized psychiatric disorders. DSM-IV was issued in 1993
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- Slipped vertebra See: Spondylolisthesis
- Health, Saami See: Artic health
- Fievre boutonneuse African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky…
- Epigenetic Something that affects a cell, organ or individual without directly affecting its DNA. An epigenetic change…
- Disease, Cushing The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing disease (or…
- Atherogenesis The process of forming atheromas, plaques in the inner lining (the intima) of arteries
- Medicine, homeopathic See: Homeopathy
- IgE Immunoglobulin E, a class of immunoglobulins that includes the antibodies elicited by an allergic substance…
- GHB Known in Europe as Gamma-OH, this is gamma hydroxybutyrate, a colorless and odorless drug used illicitly for…
- Brain ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists…
- Stress fracture A fracture caused by repetitive stress, as may occur in sports, strenuous exercise, or heavy physical labor…