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Factor, rheumatoid
Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a blood test for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid factor is present in about 80% of adults (but a much lower proportion of children)…
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- Caudal epidural anesthesia See Caudal anesthesia
- Dyspraxia of speech A developmental disability characterized by difficulty in muscle control, specifically of the muscles…
- Seroconversion Seroconversion: The development of detectable antibodies in the blood directed against an infectious agent…
- Dermatome (1) A localized area of skin that is has its sensation via a single nerve from a single nerve root of the…
- Solitude, fear of An abnormal and persistent fear of solitude, of being alone. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety…
- Insertion Chromosome abnormality due to insertion of a segment from one chromosome into another chromosome.
- Hearing loss, age-related See: Presbycusis
- Nail-patella syndrome An hereditary condition characterized by abnormally formed or absent nails and underdeveloped or absent…
- AAAS Spoken of as the 'triple-AS', the American Association for the Advancement of Science is an organization…
- Plague genome All of the DNA (the genome) of the bacterium Yersinia pestis that causes the plague, consisting of four rings…