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Binocular diplopia
See: Diplopia, binocular
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- Marburg disease The virus that causes Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a disease which affects both humans and non-human primates…
- Eyelids, congenital ptosis of the Drooping of the upper eyelids at birth. The lids may droop only slightly or they may cover the pupils and…
- Intracerebral hematoma Bleeding within the brain. Diagnosis is usually by MRI or CAT scan. Treatment is by surgery
- Outlet, gastric See: Gastric outlet
- Genome, Yersinia pestis See: Plague bacterium genome
- Maneuver, Valsalva See: Valsalva maneuver
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- NREM sleep Sleep: NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…
- Stickler 1. Stickler, Gunnar B.. 2. Stickler syndrome. 3. With a small s, someone who insists upon some matter such as…
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