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FOBT
Fecal occult blood test
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Show more- Disease, Canavan A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The signs of Canavan…
- Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone A hormone that controls sex hormones in men and women. Also called LHRH.
- Mitotic Pertaining to mitosis.
- Birth defect Any defect present in a baby at birth, irrespective of whether the defect is caused by a genetic factor or by…
- Factor, rheumatoid Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a blood test for the…
- Hyperbilirubinemia, neonatal Elevation of the bilirubin level in the blood of the newborn, which results in yellowish staining of the skin…
- Trait, dominant lethal A genetic trait that, if present in the genome of the individual, is expressed and therefore precludes the…
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia A condition in which the immune system attacks the red blood cells, resulting in fewer of these…
- Sleeping sickness, African See: African sleeping sickness
- Loiasis The disease caused by the eye worm known as loa loa, a parasite that lives in humans and other primates…
- Yellow fever An acute systemic (bodywide) illness caused by a virus called a Flavivirus. In severe cases, the viral…
- Naming diseases See: Disease nomenclature