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Screening, kidney disease
Screening (looking) for early kidney disease in people who are not already known to have it. Kidney disease is common and is commonly insidious in onset. The burden of kidney disease in its earlier stages lies not only in the risk of…
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Show more- Debris flow injury Also known as mudslide injury. See: Landslide injury
- ADA deficiency Lack of normal adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity, a genetic (inherited) condition causing one form of severe…
- Uvula The small piece of soft tissue that can be seen dangling down from the soft palate over the back of the…
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma A type of cancer that most often develops in the salivary glands of the head and neck. It may arise in other…
- Neurotoxic Poisonous to nerves or nerve tissue. Mercury and lead are neurotoxic
- RNA inactivation A technique for inactivating genes in a cell through the introduction of double-stranded RNA into the cell…
- Boerhaave's syndrome Spontaneous tearing and rupture of the esophagus. Typically, Boerhaave's syndrome requires an operation for…
- Scorbutic Pertaining to scurvy (scorbutus) or affected by it
- Pain, abdominal See: Abdominal pain
- Electrophoretic Pertaining to electrophoresis, the separation of molecules according to their size and electrical charge by…
- Brain biopsy Biopsy of the brain. Removal of a small piece of tissue from the brain for diagnostic purposes. One way the…
- Lactose intolerance Lactose intolerance: Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose…