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Transvaginal ultrasound
A technique in which sound waves are sent out by an ultrasound probe that has been inserted in the vagina. The waves go through the vaginal wall and bounce off the ovaries, and a computer uses the ultrasound echoes to create a picture (a…
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- Cradle cap A form of seborrheic dermatitis. of the scalp in infants. It is characterized by flaking or scaling of the…
- Disorder, autoimmune See Autoimmune disease
- Page kidney Chronic longstanding compression of the kidney resulting in hypertension. The kidney is compressed, most…
- Macrovascular disease Disease of the large blood vessels, including the coronary arteries, the aorta, and the sizable arteries in…
- Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- TSH Stands for thyroid stimulating hormone, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in…
- Hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy See: Stickler syndrome
- Peroneal muscular atrophy See: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Enteropathy, gluten See: Gluten enteropathy
- Microdosimetry A technique for measuring the microscopic distribution of energy, useful with different types of radiation…
- Mouse genome All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular…