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FAE (fetal alcohol effects)
A softer diagnosis than fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The diagnosis of possible FAE is considered when: 1. The person has some signs of FAS; 2. The person does not meet all of the necessary criteria for FAS; and 3. There is a history of…
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- Blind spot In ophthalmology, a blind spot is: > >A small area of the retina where the optic nerve enters the eye; this…
- Medicare Part B The Medicare program that covers physician and outpatient services. Medicare is the United States…
- Multislice CT See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Surgery, stereotactic Surgery in which a system of three- dimensional coordinates is used to locate the site to be operated on…
- Apgar Abbreviation for the Apgar score, a practical method of evaluating the physical condition of a newborn infant…
- Sabin 1. Sabin, Albert.2. Sabin, Florence R.
- Recrudescence Reappearance of a disease after it has been quiescent. A new outbreak or the return of a disease. As, for…
- Hox gene One of a subgroup of homeobox genes that are found in clusters on the genes of vertebrates. These are…
- Law, Hardy-Weinberg Basic concept in population genetics discovered independently in 1908 by the great English mathematician…