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Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children. and follows a chronic progressive course with additional episodes of rapid deterioration following stress from febrile infection or…
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Show more- APC (immunology) Antigen-presenting cell, a cell that can 'present' antigen in a form that T cells can recognize it. Among the…
- Esophagus cancer See: Esophageal cancer
- Naproxen Naproxen: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used for the management of mild to moderate pain…
- Syndrome, floppy baby A general medical reference to an abnormal condition of newborns and infants manifested by inadequate tone of…
- Mad deer disease See Chronic wasting disease
- Cotton rat A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Refsum disease A genetic disorder affecting the metabolism of the fatty acid phytanic acid. When phytanic acid accumulates…
- Adams-Stokes disease Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus A specific form of hydrocephalus in which the central cavities of the inner brain (the ventricles) enlarge at…
- Delta-storage pool disease See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Collagen injection The practice of injecting collagen into a part of the face or body to make it larger, most often performed on…
- Episiotomy Episiotomy: A surgical procedure for widening the outlet of the birth canal to facilitate delivery of the…