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CA 27-29
A tumor marker similar to the CA 15-3 that is found in the blood of most breast cancer patients. CA 27-29 levels may be used in conjunction with other procedures (such as mammograms and measurements of other tumor marker levels) to check…
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Show more- Anetoderma An area of slack 'baglike' skin due to a local absence or loss of elastic fibers in the skin. The skin…
- Ubiquinone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Glaucoma detection You may know of the 'air puff' test or other tests used to measure eye pressure in an eye examination. But…
- Bilharziasis A parasite infection by a trematode worm acquired from infested water. Also known as schistosomiasis. Species…
- RMSF Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- Fear of public places This irrational fear is called agoraphobia. It applies to open areas, especially those from which escape…
- Vasectomy Vasectomy: A vasectomy is a surgical procedure designed to make a man sterile by cutting or blocking both the…
- Emergency medical technician A person trained in the performance of the procedures required in emergency medical care. You are most likely…
- Yersinia pestis genome See: Plague bacterium genome
- LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
- Gestational hypertension See: Hypertension, gestational
- Pacemaker, artificial A device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the heart rhythm or to reproduce that rhythm. An internal…