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Pseudomonas infection
Infection usually with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the versatile 'blue-green pus bacteria' that opportunistically infects people, especially those who are immunocompromised. Pseudomonas rarely causes infection in healthy individuals but it is…
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Show more- Cancer care Cancer care: Taking care of cancer. When cancer is suspected, a biopsy is usually performed and the tissue is…
- Pauling See: Pauling, Linus
- Vitamin B6 A group of closely related chemical compounds with related names -- pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine --…
- ADA (American Diabetes Association) The American Diabetes Association (ADA) provides the following introduction: 'The American Diabetes…
- Lamin A Abbreviated LMNA. A gene on chromosome 1 that encodes a protein which is a key component of the membrane…
- Type 2 myotonic dystrophy See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Bx Abbreviation for biopsy, the removal of a sample of tissue for examination or other study. Biopsies are most…
- Disseminated sclerosis See: Multiple sclerosis
- Mammogram Mammogram: An X-ray of the breast with the breast in a device that compresses and flattens it. There are two…
- Fecund Fruitful, abundantly fertile. Just as a writer is prolific, a woman may be fecund, able to reproduce…
- Becker muscular dystrophy A chronic, progressive muscle degeneration disease. A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to…
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia The immotile cilia syndrome, a condition in which poorly functioning cilia (hairlike projections from cells)…