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Syndrome, Bernard-Soulier
Nt platelet syndrome): This is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately to injured blood vessel walls. As a result of this problem there is abnormal bleeding. Bernard-Soulier syndrome…
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- Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase See: Alzheimer disease.
- Gyrus lingualis See: Lingual gyrus
- Dysfunction >Constitutional hepatic dysfunction, (familial nonhemolytic jaundice), >Dental dysfunction (abnormal…
- Resorption The process of losing substance. Bone, when it is remodeled (reshaped), undergoes both new formation and…
- Dystonia, laryngeal See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- Cadaver wart A warty growth on the hand due to tuberculosis, typically of someone doing postmortem examinations. A cadaver…
- PTU Propylthiouracil, an antithyroid medication, a drug that blocks the production of thyroid hormone by the…
- Xeroradiography The process of making a type of dry x-ray in which a picture of the body is recorded on paper rather than on…
- Abdomen, acute The abrupt (acute) onset of abdominal pain. A potential medical emergency, an acute abdomen may reflect a…
- Emboli Something that travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel and blocks it. Examples of emboli…
- Deficiency, ceruloplasmin Lack of the protein ceruloplasmin from the blood and accumulation of iron in the pancreas, liver and brain…