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Polyendocrinopathy syndrome, autoimmune
A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism -- underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium…
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- Gluteus maximus The greatest gluteal muscle and the biggest muscle in the human body. The gluteus maximus forms the bulk of…
- ETM2 A gene for essential tremor, uncontrollable shaking of the hands and head and sometimes other parts of the…
- Tardive dyskinesia A procedure that uses computers to create a 3-dimensional picture of the tumor in order to target the tumor…
- Periventricular leukomalacia, cystic Softening of the white matter near the ventricles of the brain resulting in abnormal cysts. Cystic…
- Pentapeptide A peptide consisting of five amino acids
- Defibrillator A device used to correct a dangerously abnormal heart rhythm, usually ventricular fibrillation, or to restart…
- Systemic therapy Treatment that reaches cells throughout the body by traveling through the bloodstream
- Attack, vasovagal See: Vasovagal reaction
- Prepuce, inflammation of the Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis) is called posthitis. In the uncircumcised male…
- Arbovirus A class of viruses transmitted to humans by arthropods such as mosquitoes and ticks. The first two letters of…