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Familial lung cancer
Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family history of lung cancer or it can recur in two or more members of the same family and constitute familial lung cancer. A gene for…
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Show more- Organisation Mondiale de la Sante The French name for the World Health Organization (WHO). See: World Health Organization
- Typhus, scrub A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with…
- Antibody, antinuclear An unusual antibody that is directed against structures within the nucleus of the cell. Antinuclear…
- Visual acuity test This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- Hepatocellular carcinoma A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called adult primary liver…
- AAMC (Ass Am Medical Colleges) The American Association of Medical Colleges, a nonprofit association of the 125 accredited U.S. medical…
- Amygdaloid nucleus A small oval structure in the temporal lobe of the brain that is closely connected to the hypothalamus, the…
- Pressor substance A substance that elevates the arterial blood pressure. For example, prostacyclin (prostaglandin PGI2) is a…
- Alpers disease A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity (tightness), myoclonus and dementia…
- Aphasia Aphasia: One in a group of speech disorders in which there is a defect or loss of the power of expression by…
- Gluten A protein found in wheat or related grains and many foods that we eat. Gluten can be found in a large variety…
- Humidifier fever Fever: A form of sick building syndrome that usually develops on Monday or the first workday of the week. The…