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Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely: neuroblastoma, small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, carcinoid tumors, endocrine tumors of the pancreas, and melanoma…
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Show more- Gastrostomy A surgical opening into the stomach. This opening may be used for feeding usually via a feeding tube called a…
- Fusiform Formed like a spindle, wider in the middle and tapering toward the ends. An aneurysm may be fusiform. The…
- Multiple organ failure A term synonymous with multiple system failure and equally vague and nonspecific. See: Multiple system failure
- Sulfa drug One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- KHM Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans. See: Vohwinkel syndrome
- Auditory disease, central A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…
- Muscle, psoas Muscles of the lower back (the loin). There are two psoas muscles on each side of the back. The larger of the…
- HHV-1 Human herpesvirus 1. A herpes virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters in and around the mouth. Here…
- Knee ligaments Ligaments are strong, elastic bands of tissue that connect bone to bone. They provide strength and stability…
- Androgen A male sex hormone that promotes the development and maintenance of the male sex characteristics. The major…
- X chromosome inactivation See: X inactivation
- Babinski sign An important neurologic examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stimulated…