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Berlin Heart
The name of a company in Berlin, Germany and of a ventricular assist device it makes. The device works by helping the right ventricle of the heart to pump blood to the lungs and the left ventricle to pump blood to the body. The Berlin…
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- Oral rehydration salts ORS. A solution of glucose-based salt solution used in oral rehydration therapy. WHO and UNICEF recommend a…
- Thalassemia, beta Also known as thalassemia major .The clinical picture of this important type of anemia was first described in…
- Schistosomiasis Diseases of liver, gastrointestinal tract and bladder caused by schistosomes, trematode worms that parasitize…
- Aarskog-Scott syndrome A syndrome of wide spaced eyes (ocular hypertelorism), front-facing (anteverted) nostrils, a broad upper lip…
- PTHC (percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography) See: Cholangiography, percutaneous transhepatic
- Congenital osseus-torticollis syndrome See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Genotype The genetic constitution (the genome) of a cell, an individual or an organism. The genotype is distinct from…
- Spherocytosis, hereditary (HS) A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing)…
- Lower GI series Short for lower gastrointestinal series. A series of x-rays of the rectum, colon and lower section of the…
- Acute lymphoblastic leukemia An acute (sudden onset), rapidly progressing form of leukemia that is characterized by the presence in the…
- Motulsky dye test A test for glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency (G6PD), a cause of anemia and the most common enzyme…