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Aluminum toxicity
See: Aluminum
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- Niemann-Pick disease A biochemical disorder affecting a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin, resulting usually in progressive…
- Biofluid A biological fluid. Biofluids can be excreted (such as urine or sweat), secreted (such as breast milk or…
- Abse, Dannie British pulmonary physician and poet. Abse was born in 1923 in Cardiff, Wales to a Jewish family. He studied…
- Acoustic aphasia See: Auditory aphasia
- EPO (erythropoietin) Erythropoietin): A hormone produced by the kidney that promotes the formation of red blood cells in the bone…
- Calcium excess Overly high intake of calcium that can result in elevated levels of calcium in the blood (hypercalcemia)…
- Pill splitting See: Tablet splitting
- Karyotyping, flow Use of flow cytometry to analyze and/or separate chromosomes on the basis of their DNA content. Flow…
- Children's immunizations Immunizations: In the United States, it is recommended that all children receive vaccination against: >…
- Benign melanoma See: Melanoma, benign
- Femoral head, avascular necrosis of the See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease