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National Institute of Neurological Disorders
Stroke (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDS's mission is to 'support and conduct research and research training on the normal structure and function of the nervous system and on the causes, prevention…
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Show more- Muscular dystrophy, Becker A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, except that patients with…
- Ultrasound Ultrasound: High-frequency sound waves. Ultrasound waves can be bounced off of tissues using special devices…
- USFDA The United States Food and Drug Administration (best known as the FDA) is an agency within the U.S. Public…
- Pressure, low blood Any blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Low blood…
- Ferritin The major iron storage protein. The blood level of ferritin serves as an indicator of the amount of iron…
- Neurotoxic Poisonous to nerves or nerve tissue. Mercury and lead are neurotoxic
- Immunization, children's >Hepatitis B >Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis >Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) >Poliovirus >Measles…
- Blastocystis hominis The parasitic organism that causes blastocystosis. See Blastocystosis
- Typhus, scrub A mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi, characteristically with…
- Gastrectomy Surgery to remove part of all of the stomach.
- Leaded 1. Framed, covered, or weighted with lead. As a leaded window. 2. Added in the form of tetraethyl lead as an…
- Chondromalacia : Abnormal softening or degeneration of cartilage. See also patellofemoral syndrome