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ERT (estrogen replacement therapy)
Estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is used to treat menopause. It reduces or stops the short-term changes of menopause such as hot flashes, disturbed sleep, and vaginal dryness. ERT can prevent osteoporosis, a consequence of lowered…
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- Histiocytosis, Letterer Siwe A severe disease in which histiocytes start to multiply and attack the tissues or organs of the patient…
- Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- JMML Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Microhematuria Hematuria means blood in the urine and microhematuria refers to hematuria that is visible only under a…
- Cranial nerve III The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the…
- Smoke, second-hand Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- Single transverse palmar line Simian crease
- Artery, carotid See: Carotid artery
- Syndrome, popliteal pterygium See Popliteal web syndrome
- Malnutrition-related diabetes At one time, a distinct type of diabetes mellitus, often associated with the tropics and so also called…
- Polyphenol A kind of chemical that (at least in theory) may protect against some common health problems and possibly…