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Quincke's disease
This is angioneurotic edema (or angioedema), a form of localized swelling of the deeper layers of the skin and fatty tissues beneath the skin. Hereditary angioneurotic edema (or hereditary angioedema) is a genetic form of angioedema…
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Show more- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome A rare familial form of progressive dementia inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a mutant prion…
- Chromatin modeling See: Chromatin remodeling
- Retinoid Retinol is vitamin A. Carotene compounds (found, for example, in egg yolk, butter and cream) are gradually…
- Neonatal jaundice Jaundice: Yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile…
- Coronary artery bypass graft Coronary artery bypass graft: Abbreviated CABG. A form of bypass surgery that can create new routes around…
- AHC Alternating hemiplegia of childhood
- Disease, Meniere A condition with recurrent vertigo accompanied by ringing in the ears (tinnitus) and deafness. Symptoms…
- ESWL Street name for alpha-ethyltryptamine.
- Second wave A phenomenon of infections that can develop during a pandemic. The disease infects one group of people first…
- Oral rehydration therapy The administration of special fluids by mouth treat dehydration. Abbreviated ORT. See also: Oral rehydration…
- Lateral epicondylitis See: Tennis elbow
- Adenosine thallium scan A method of examining the heart to obtain information about the blood supply to the heart muscle. Special…