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Transplantation genetics
The field of biology and medicine relating to the genes that govern the acceptance or rejection of a transplant. The most important genes deciding the fate of a transplanted cell, tissue, or organ belong to what is termed the MHC (the…
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- Toxic shock syndrome A grave condition occurring predominantly in menstruating women using tampons, toxic shock is characterized…
- Amyloidosis, hereditary Amyloidosis, hereditary: A familial (inherited) disorder in which protein deposits (amyloid) accumulate in…
- Parkinson's disease Parkinson's disease: See: Parkinson disease.
- JMML Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Nat'l Institute F Arthritis and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat cumbersome name…
- Late infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Gingivitis, fusospirochetal This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Syndrome, economy class The formation of blood clots in veins deep within the legs -- deep vein thrombosis -- occurring during (or…
- Film, lateral An X-ray picture taken from the side
- Nodes, Osler's A diagnostic sign of bacterial infection of the heart (subacute bacterial endocarditis). These are small (the…
- Meniere disease Meniere disease: A condition with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and…