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Third and fourth pharyngeal pouch syndrome
See: DiGeorge syndrome
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- Randomized clinical trial A clinical trial in which the participants are assigned randomly (by chance alone) to different treatments…
- National Program of Cancer Registries A program administered in the US by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1994 that…
- Calculi, renal Kidney stones, by another name. A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or…
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease A genetic disease of nerves characterized by progressively debilitating muscle weakness, particularly of the…
- Guillain-Barre syndrome See: Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- PAPP-A Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
- Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome of childhood See: Minimal change disease
- Dipeptide A peptide consisting of two amino acids
- Laryngitis Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx, the portion of the airway (respiratory tract) containing the…
- R-tPA Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. See: Tissue plasminogen activator
- Straight jacket See: Straitjacket