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Bernard-Soulier syndrome
Nt platelet syndrome): The Bernard-Soulier syndrome is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately to injured blood vessel walls. This is a crucial aspect of the process of forming a blood…
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Show more- Leukemia, chronic lymphocytic The most common form of leukemia in adults, in which the lymphocytes may look fairly normal but are not fully…
- Water hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Syndrome, polycystic ovary See: Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Atrial fib Atrial fibrillation
- Gallus gallus genome The genome of the Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
- Vaccination, rubella See Immunization, MMR.
- Dejerine-Klumpke palsy See: Klumpke palsy
- Generic drug >The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Meiotic drive Preferential selection during meiosis (germ cell production). In meiotic drive there is preferential…
- Hydrocephalus, Macewen sign of A sign to detect hydrocephalus (and brain abscess). Percussion (tapping) on the skull at a particular spot…
- Adult primary liver cancer A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called hepatocellular…
- Syndrome, hand-foot-and-mouth A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth due to a viral infection. The…