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Diverticulitis, bleeding from
Diverticular bleeding typically occurs intermittently over several days. Colonoscopy is usually performed to confirm the diagnosis and exclude bleeding from other causes. Thermal probes cannot be employed to stop active diverticular…
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- Thyroid hormone receptor A molecule that receives a thyroid hormone and permits it to dock on the nuclear membrane of a cell. The…
- Infection, Vincent This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Flu shot The flu (influenza) vaccine is recommended annually (each year) for persons at high risk for serious…
- Temporal lobe The lobe of the cerebral hemisphere located down on the side just forward of the occipital lobe. The temporal…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIC Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme acetyl CoA:alpha-glucosaminide acetyltransferase. See…
- CHARGE syndrome See: CHARGE association
- Acid, nucleic One of the molecules in the chromosomes of living cells and viruses that plays a central role in the storage…
- Gene mapping The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- Femur The femur is the bone in the leg that extends from the hip to the knee. The femur constitutes the upper leg…
- Second wave A phenomenon of infections that can develop during a pandemic. The disease infects one group of people first…
- First American medical school King's College Medical School founded in New York in 1767. Its mission was fairly lofty -- to 'enlarge the…