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Transaminase, serum glutamic pyruvic (SGPT)
An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells, and is released into blood when the liver or heart is damaged. Blood SGPT levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from viral hepatitis) or with an insult to the…
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- FUO (Fever of Unknown Origin) Nothing more nor less than a "boil" with a fancy name. A boil is a collection of pus. Antibiotics are often…
- Diffuse degeneration of gray matter with cirrhosis Ic cirrhosis, Alpers: A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity (tightness)…
- Verruca A wart by another name, a local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The…
- Endovaginal ultrasound This type of imaging test is a special form of ultrasound developed to examine the pelvic organs and is the…
- EYCL2 A gene for brown eye color. See also: Eye color
- Lennox syndrome A severe form of epilepsy that is characterized by the onset in early childhood of frequent seizures of…
- Disease, manic-depressive See Manic-depression
- Laceration A cut. All that is required to care for most cuts is to wash them with soap and water and keep them clean and…
- JCV JC virus
- Cyclospora infection Infection with Cyclospora cayetanensis, a single-celled parasite. The first known human cases of illness…
- Hemolysis The destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from within the red blood cells…