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Thalassemia, alpha
A blood disorder, thalassemia is not one disease but rather a group of disorders that have a single feature in common: they all have a genetic defect in the production of hemoglobin, the protein that enables red blood cells to carry…
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Show more- Stem cell harvest The taking of stem cells for use in cancer or other treatment. Usually these cells are taken from the…
- Hypoosmolarity In biochemistry, an abnormal decrease in the osmolarity of the body fluids
- ApoA-I Milano A variant of apolipoprotein A-I identified in about 40 inhabitants of Limone sul Garde, a small town in rural…
- Radioactive iodine An isotope of the chemical element iodine that is radioactive. Radioactive iodine is used in diagnostic tests…
- Pharmacopoeia An official authoritative listing of drugs. Aspirin has, for example, long been in the pharmacopoeia. By…
- Shingle In medicine, a small signboard outside the office of a doctor. The term has nothing to do with the disease…
- Eosinophilic fasciitis (Shulman syndrome) A disease which leads to inflammation and thickening of the skin and fascia. (The fascia is a lining tissue…
- HMS1 Homosexuality 1. An alleged gene for human male homosexuality. See: Gay gene
- Adverse effect A harmful or abnormal result. An adverse effect may be caused by administration of a medication or by…
- Positive pressure ventilation The provision of oxygen under pressure by a mechanical respirator, a machine designed to improve the exchange…
- Syndrome, Danlos Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…
- Attenuate To weaken, dilute, thin, reduce, weaken, diminish. The use of 'attenuate' in medicine is not new. In the 16th…