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Pemphigus
One of a group of chronic, relapsing autoimmune skin diseases that cause blisters and erosions of the skin and mucous membranes. The immune system mistakenly regards the cells in the skin and mucous membranes as foreign and attacks them…
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Show more- Cranial nerve III The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the…
- Vitamin Q10 See: Coenzyme Q10
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage Bleeding within the head into the space between two membranes that surround the brain. The bleeding is…
- Eye chart, Snellen's The familiar eye chart used to measure how well you see at various distances. Snellen's chart is imprinted…
- Rate, neonatal mortality The number of children dying under 28 days of age divided by the number of live births that year. The…
- P. acnes See: Propionibacterium acnes
- Cancer, uterine See: Uterine cancer
- Ablation Removal or excision. Ablation is usually carried out surgically. For example, surgical removal of the thyroid…
- Genetic screening Testing a population to identify individuals at risk for a genetic disease or for transmitting it. Newborns…
- Study, diachronic See: Study, longitudinal
- David-Stickler syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Gower syndrome (situational syncope) The temporary loss of consciousness in particular kinds of situations. (Syncope is temporary loss of…