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CT, electron beam
Also known as Ultrafast CT (computerized tomography), this is a new (and controversial) noninvasive test for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD). It is designed to measure calcium deposits in the coronary arteries. In patients…
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Show more- Potassium The major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells. The chemical notation for potassium is K+. The proper…
- Board eligible Board eligible in medicine means that a physician has completed the requirements for admission to a medical…
- Fever with renal syndrome, hemorrhagic A set of diseases, also known as hemorrhagic fever, characterized by the abrupt onset of high fever and…
- Presbyacusia See: Presbycusis
- Proteins, G These molecules have been described as 'biological traffic lights.' Located inside the cell, G proteins are…
- Malignant ascites A condition in which fluid containing cancer cells collects within the abdomen
- Microtubule motor See: Microtubule motor protein
- PCT The abbreviation 'PCT' stands for a number of things including porphyria cutanea tarda, literally, the late…
- Prusiner See: Prusiner, Stanley B.
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…
- School, medical See: Medical school
- ALL (acute lymphoblastic leukemia) Acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also less often called acute lymphocytic leukemia. See: Acute lymphoblastic…