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Diabulimia
Patients with type 1 diabetes attempt to control body weight by minimizing insulin dosages. Since insulin encourages fat storage, sometimes patients attempt to manipulate their insulin, often skipping doses, in an attempt to reduce weight…
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- Battered child syndrome A disease in which children are physically abused. The battered child syndrome is a form of child abuse. Not…
- Sinus barotrauma Sinus troubles, particularly with pain and a feeling of pressure, due to changing atmospheric pressures, as…
- Filler An inactive substance used to make a product bigger or easier to handle. For example, fillers are often used…
- NAME syndrome Acronym for Nevi, Atrial myxoma, Myxoid neurofibroma, and Ephelides. Now included in the Carney complex. See…
- Cl (chloride) Cl is the chemical symbol for chloride, the major anion found in the fluid outside of cells and in blood. An…
- Medic Alert Originally,a bracelet that a person could wear to warn medical professionals in an emergency about a serious…
- Anemia, Mediterranean Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this…
- Cyclin One of a group of proteins that regulate the cell cycle. The cyclins bind to and activate cyclin-dependent…
- Pancytopenia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- IDET Intradiskal electrothermal therapy, a procedure designed to relieve back pain due to damage to the disks…
- Pisa syndrome A condition in which there is sustained involuntary flexion of the body and head to one side and slight…