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Angioedema
Like hives but affects deeper skin layer.
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- Physicians' Desk Reference A thick volume that provides a guide to all prescription drugs available in the United States. Although not…
- Vaccination, measles See Immunization, MMR.
- Ear, inner There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The inner…
- Blood sugar, low The sugar here is glucose. Low blood glucose constitutes hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is only significant when…
- Behcet's syndrome Behcet's syndrome: A chronic inflammatory disorder involving the small blood vessels which is characterized…
- Syndrome, polyglandular autoimmune (PGA) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Disorder, anxiety A chronic condition characterized by an excessive and persistent sense of apprehension with physical symptoms…
- Anatomic orientation terms In anatomy, certain terms are used to denote orientation. For example, a structure may be horizontal, as…
- Kinome A subset of the genome consisting of the protein kinase genes. The complete complement of over 500 protein…