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Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
Abbreviated as PAPPA or PAPP-A. A large zinc-binding protein that acts as an enzyme, specifically a metallopeptidase. The gene for PAPPA is in chromosome band 9q33.1. PAPPA has been used in prenatal genetic screening and studies of…
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- Disease, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Osgood-Schlatter: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the…
- Nuchal Referring to the back of the neck (nape). For example, nuchal rigidity is a stiff neck, sometimes a symptom…
- Newborn hearing screen Testing of the newborn baby's ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory…
- Biological safety level 4 Level 4 biosafety
- Syndrome, myelodysplastic See: Myelodysplastic syndrome
- BP Commonly used abbreviation for blood pressure. On a medical chart, you might see 'BP90/60 T98.6 Ht60/reg…
- Body packing The practice of internally concealing illicit drugs. See: Body packer
- Platelet aggregation The clumping together of platelets in the blood. Platelet aggregation is part of the sequence of events…
- Dactylitis Inflammation of a digit (either a finger or a toe). Dactyl comes from the Greek 'daktylos' meaning 'finger.'…
- Disease, mixed connective tissue A mixture of three diseases of connective tissue (the framework of the cells of the body) -- systemic lupus…
- Gage, Phineas The most famous patient to have survived severe damage to the brain and the first from whom something was…