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b7554a4b11b1cec38de95499562a26d02aae490c | wikidoc | Flunisolide (nasal) | Flunisolide (nasal)
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on W... | Flunisolide (nasal)
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# Disclaimer
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4edf363aa954b64ef0cde0a5330cf6d076967d42 | wikidoc | Fluorine deficiency | Fluorine deficiency
Fluoride or fluorine deficiency is a medical condition in which a human, or other organism lacks the necessary compounds containing fluorine to keep bones and teeth healthy. The extent to which the condition truly exists, and its relationship to fluoride poisoning has arisen some controversy.
Fluori... | Fluorine deficiency
Fluoride or fluorine deficiency is a medical condition in which a human, or other organism lacks the necessary compounds containing fluorine to keep bones and teeth healthy. The extent to which the condition truly exists, and its relationship to fluoride poisoning has arisen some controversy.
Fluor... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fluoride_deficiency | |
ac4e7bd35b9f0b9e81d350005383cdb1deb2ee12 | wikidoc | Fluoxetine overdose | Fluoxetine overdose
# Overdose Information
General
Adult Overdose
Pediatric Patients (ages 3 months to 17 years)
Other important adverse events
Management of Overdose
## General
Worldwide exposure to fluoxetine hydrochloride is estimated to be over 38 million patients (circa 1999). Of the 1578 cases of overdose invol... | Fluoxetine overdose
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overdose Information
General
Adult Overdose
Pediatric Patients (ages 3 months to 17 years)
Other important adverse events
Management of Overdose
## General
Worldwide exposure to fluoxetine hydrochloride is estimated to be over 38 million patien... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fluoxetine_overdose | |
3c9c053f87f57f2dc7e3adc6654cfed18564c40b | wikidoc | Flurbiprofen (oral) | Flurbiprofen (oral)
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on W... | Flurbiprofen (oral)
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Alberto Plate [2]
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Flurbiprofen_(oral) | |
3229012b4e66736ea855cf03d3b2fb385a4b6efd | wikidoc | Fluticasone furoate | Fluticasone furoate
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on W... | Fluticasone furoate
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ammu Susheela, M.D. [2]
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is inten... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fluticasone_furoate | |
0a2a0fd26e7de6d2371bab934f5e551b2347c691 | wikidoc | Forensic accounting | Forensic accounting
# Overview
Forensic accounting is the specialty practice area of accounting that describes engagements that result from actual or anticipated disputes or litigation. "Forensic" means "suitable for use in a court of law", and it is to that standard and potential outcome that Forensic Accountants gen... | Forensic accounting
# Overview
Forensic accounting is the specialty practice area of accounting that describes engagements that result from actual or anticipated disputes or litigation. "Forensic" means "suitable for use in a court of law", and it is to that standard and potential outcome that Forensic Accountants gen... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Forensic_accounting | |
6b6b2770a557a606f8cf95e4a525dfab7bc39d48 | wikidoc | Forensic entomology | Forensic entomology
Forensic entomology is the science and study of insects and other arthropods with law-related applications. It can be divided in three subfields: urban, stored-product and medico-legal/medico-criminal.
Urban forensic entomology typically concerns pest infestations in buildings or gardens that may b... | Forensic entomology
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Forensic entomology is the science and study of insects and other arthropods with law-related applications. It can be divided in three subfields: urban, stored-product and medico-legal/medico-criminal.
Urban forensic entomology typically concerns pest infestations in build... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Forensic_entomology | |
c2cfd4efd6d216b4bcdd6ebc23a7db6b7b4218a4 | wikidoc | Forensic psychology | Forensic psychology
Forensic psychology is the intersection between Psychology and the Criminal justice system. It is a division of applied psychology concerned with the collection, examination and presentation of psychological evidence for judicial purposes.
The practice of forensic psychology involves understanding c... | Forensic psychology
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Forensic psychology is the intersection between Psychology and the Criminal justice system. It is a division of applied psychology concerned with the collection, examination and presentation of psychological evidence for judicial purposes.[1]
The practice of forensic psychology ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Forensic_psychology | |
ee3ece9091bef65744e33863aff13f9957ca59b9 | wikidoc | Reticular formation | Reticular formation
# Overview
The reticular formation is a part of the brain which is involved in stereotypical actions, such as walking, sleeping, and lying down. It is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms, and phylogenetically one of the oldest portions of the brain.
# Location a... | Reticular formation
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
The reticular formation is a part of the brain which is involved in stereotypical actions, such as walking, sleeping, and lying down. It is essential for governing some of the basic functions of higher organisms, ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Formatio_reticularis | |
ca1b556c67dea29c876f7e494363f6cfdc1a4147 | wikidoc | Fosfomycin warnings | Fosfomycin warnings
# WARNINGS
Clostridium difficileassociated diarrhea (CDAD) has been reported with use of nearly all antibacterial agents, including MONUROL, and may range in severity from mild diarrhea to fatal colitis. Treatment with antibacterial agents alters the normal flora of the colon leading to overgrowth ... | Fosfomycin warnings
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Abdurahman Khalil, M.D. [2]
# WARNINGS
Clostridium difficileassociated diarrhea (CDAD) has been reported with use of nearly all antibacterial agents, including MONUROL, and may range in severity from mild diarrhea t... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fosfomycin_warnings | |
57558ad67119faa1a10ebdeb61e1457dd15bfaa2 | wikidoc | Lanthanum carbonate | Lanthanum carbonate
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on W... | Lanthanum carbonate
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rabin Bista, M.B.B.S. [2]; Turky Alkathery, M.D. [3]
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcar... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fosrenol | |
578ed96b4bdba83da7c667fb81fb2add495f0c31 | wikidoc | Fox-Fordyce disease | Fox-Fordyce disease
# Overview
Fox-Fordyce disease is a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, nonbacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cysts. Hidradenitis is very similar but tends to have a secondary bacterial infection so that pus-draining sinuses are form... | Fox-Fordyce disease
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jesus Rosario Hernandez, M.D. [2].
# Overview
Fox-Fordyce disease is a chronic blockage of the sweat gland ducts with a secondary, nonbacterial inflammatory response to the secretions and cellular debris in the cyst... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fox-Fordyce_disease | |
e6fa4a8f8d605aebe0e6fbef5b46f68fe18b7796 | wikidoc | Fractional freezing | Fractional freezing
# Overview
Fractional freezing is a process used in process engineering and chemistry to separate two liquids with different melting points. It can be done by partial melting of a solid, for example in zone refining of silicon or metals, or by partial crystallization of a liquid, for example "freez... | Fractional freezing
# Overview
Fractional freezing is a process used in process engineering and chemistry to separate two liquids with different melting points. It can be done by partial melting of a solid, for example in zone refining of silicon or metals, or by partial crystallization of a liquid, for example "freez... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fractional_freezing | |
3bdb481f570139e65b431a026b36d8e54cc36c17 | wikidoc | Frameshift mutation | Frameshift mutation
A frameshift mutation (also called a frameshift or a framing error) is a genetic mutation caused by indels, ie. inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not evenly divisible by three from a DNA sequence. Due to the triplet nature of gene expression by codons, the insertion or deletion can ... | Frameshift mutation
A frameshift mutation (also called a frameshift or a framing error) is a genetic mutation caused by indels, ie. inserts or deletes a number of nucleotides that is not evenly divisible by three from a DNA sequence. Due to the triplet nature of gene expression by codons, the insertion or deletion can... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Frameshift | |
d3f725ed6b0826a7522007f0f68f8bbb10c00853 | wikidoc | Radical (chemistry) | Radical (chemistry)
# Overview
In chemistry, radicals (often referred to as free radicals) are atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an otherwise open shell configuration. These unpaired electrons are usually highly reactive, so radicals are likely to take part in chemical reactions. Radicals play an ... | Radical (chemistry)
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [2]
# Overview
In chemistry, radicals (often referred to as free radicals) are atomic or molecular species with unpaired electrons on an otherwise open shell configuration. These unpaired electrons are usually highly reactive, so radicals are likely t... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Free-radical | |
4fdb0413119a87f93aca88458cd948f17475fe4c | wikidoc | Free androgen index | Free androgen index
Free Androgen Index or FAI is a ratio used to determine abnormal androgen status in humans. The ratio is the total testosterone level divided by the sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) level, and then multiplying by a constant, usually 100. The concentrations of testosterone and SHBG are normally m... | Free androgen index
Free Androgen Index or FAI is a ratio used to determine abnormal androgen status in humans. The ratio is the total testosterone level divided by the sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) level, and then multiplying by a constant, usually 100. The concentrations of testosterone and SHBG are normally ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Free_androgen_index | |
c55fa4dede53ef2ea824bbeedc856a859fc0713b | wikidoc | Free electron laser | Free electron laser
A free-electron laser, or FEL, is a laser that shares the same optical properties as conventional lasers such as emitting a beam consisting of coherent electromagnetic radiation which can reach high power, but which uses some very different operating principles to form the beam. Unlike gas, liquid, ... | Free electron laser
A free-electron laser, or FEL, is a laser that shares the same optical properties as conventional lasers such as emitting a beam consisting of coherent electromagnetic radiation which can reach high power, but which uses some very different operating principles to form the beam. Unlike gas, liquid,... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Free_electron_laser | |
156266a875c3a68f40465a2f9b6a9f82e6f1e7bd | wikidoc | Freiberg infraction | Freiberg infraction
# Overview
Freiberg infraction affects the metatarsal head (usually the second or third metatarsal head) and is characterized at pathologic analysis by collapse of the subchondral bone, osteonecrosis, and cartilaginous fissures. The cause of Freiberg infraction is controversial and is probably mult... | Freiberg infraction
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Freiberg infraction affects the metatarsal head (usually the second or third metatarsal head) and is characterized at pathologic analysis by collapse of the subchondral bone, osteonecrosis, and cartilaginous fissures. The cause of Freib... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Freiberg_infraction | |
b277563ee408e3df2cd34f0bce8baa6acb2b0a60 | wikidoc | Freundlich equation | Freundlich equation
# Overview
The Freundlich Adsorption Isotherm is an adsorption isotherm, which is a curve relating the concentration of a solute on the surface of an adsorbent, to the concentration of the solute in the liquid with which it is in contact.
The Freundlich Adsorption Isotherm is mathematically express... | Freundlich equation
# Overview
The Freundlich Adsorption Isotherm is an adsorption isotherm, which is a curve relating the concentration of a solute on the surface of an adsorbent, to the concentration of the solute in the liquid with which it is in contact.
The Freundlich Adsorption Isotherm is mathematically express... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Freundlich_equation | |
6802a7d1e5f102c9f3f6dfcbb2d1462d80693ccb | wikidoc | Fries rearrangement | Fries rearrangement
The Fries rearrangement, named for the German chemist Karl Theophil Fries, is a rearrangement reaction of a phenyl ester to a hydroxy aryl ketone by catalysis of lewis acids.
# Mechanism
Despite many efforts a definitive reaction mechanism for the Fries rearrangement is not available. Evidence for ... | Fries rearrangement
The Fries rearrangement, named for the German chemist Karl Theophil Fries, is a rearrangement reaction of a phenyl ester to a hydroxy aryl ketone by catalysis of lewis acids.[1][2][3]
# Mechanism
Despite many efforts a definitive reaction mechanism for the Fries rearrangement is not available. Evi... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fries_rearrangement | |
51b4ec00886ed62a72f7aa9da2022505bbb95ebc | wikidoc | Fumarase deficiency | Fumarase deficiency
# Overview
Fumarase deficiency is an enzyme irregularity that causes severe mental retardation, unusual facial features, brain malformation, and epileptic seizures due to an abnormally low amount of fumarase in cells. The condition is congenital and is the result of receiving two defective recessiv... | Fumarase deficiency
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Fumarase deficiency is an enzyme irregularity that causes severe mental retardation, unusual facial features, brain malformation, and epileptic seizures due to an abnormally low amount of fumarase in cells. The condition is congenital a... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fumarase_deficiency | |
0bd9a2554d82107fc6253d4a02eea9722e0b7c8d | wikidoc | Fumiichiro Yamamoto | Fumiichiro Yamamoto
Fumiichiro Yamamoto, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (formerly known as La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation), La Jolla, CA
Contact: mailto:fyamamoto@burnham.org; Phone 858-646-3116
Address: Fumiichiro Yamamoto, Ph.D., BURNHAM INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH 10901 No... | Fumiichiro Yamamoto
Fumiichiro Yamamoto, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Burnham Institute for Medical Research (formerly known as La Jolla Cancer Research Foundation), La Jolla, CA
Contact: mailto:fyamamoto@burnham.org; Phone 858-646-3116
Address: Fumiichiro Yamamoto, Ph.D., BURNHAM INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH 10901 N... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fumiichiro_Yamamoto | |
43a569340b34e2da66763a826027721e8065b796 | wikidoc | Somatoform disorder | Somatoform disorder
Synonyms and Keywords: Functional disorders or Psychophysiological disorder or Psychosomatic disorders or Somatization disorders or Briquet syndrome or CFS or Chronic fatigue syndromes or Conversion disorder.
# Overview
Somatoform disorders are physical ailments (such as pain, nausea, depression, d... | Somatoform disorder
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and Keywords: Functional disorders or Psychophysiological disorder or Psychosomatic disorders or Somatization disorders or Briquet syndrome or CFS or Chronic fatigue syndromes or Conversion disorder.
# O... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Functional_disorders | |
df55164dd117e0bed8bd97c8e14acde5a309823a | wikidoc | Functional training | Functional training
Functional training is a classification of exercise which involves training the body for the activities performed in daily life.
# Origins
Functional training has its origins in rehabilitation. Physical therapists developed exercises that mimicked what patients did at home or work in order to retu... | Functional training
Functional training is a classification of exercise which involves training the body for the activities performed in daily life.
# Origins
Functional training has its origins in rehabilitation. Physical therapists developed exercises that mimicked what patients did at home or work in order to ret... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Functional_training | |
f9360fb763e77b36c8c256c8b73101b4bb7360ab | wikidoc | Fundamental science | Fundamental science
Fundamental science is the part of science that describes the most basic objects, forces, relations between them and laws governing them, such that all other phenomena may be in principle derived from them, following the logic of scientific reductionism. There is a difference between fundamental or ... | Fundamental science
Fundamental science is the part of science that describes the most basic objects, forces, relations between them and laws governing them, such that all other phenomena may be in principle derived from them, following the logic of scientific reductionism. There is a difference between fundamental or... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Fundamental_science | |
3081774518d870916b30debd97838e48cf0d7b4c | wikidoc | Futile medical care | Futile medical care
Futile medical care refers to the belief that in cases where there is no hope for improvement of an incapacitating condition, that no course of treatment is called for. It is dissimilar to the idea of euthanasia because euthanasia involves active intervention to end life, while withholding futile me... | Futile medical care
Futile medical care refers to the belief that in cases where there is no hope for improvement of an incapacitating condition, that no course of treatment is called for. It is dissimilar to the idea of euthanasia because euthanasia involves active intervention to end life, while withholding futile m... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Futile_medical_care | |
4c065abf5db00f29d12d480be0ea3527dda05962 | wikidoc | G. Ledyard Stebbins | G. Ledyard Stebbins
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6 1906 – January 19 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century. Stebbins received his Ph.D. in botany from Harvard University in 1931. He went on to the University of Cal... | G. Ledyard Stebbins
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George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6 1906 – January 19 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century.[1] Stebbins received his Ph.D. in botany from Harvard U... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/G._Ledyard_Stebbins | |
8a6e1a33a32f7fc3f6fd2f1301d83bfd9820d2af | wikidoc | Gallium trichloride | Gallium trichloride
Gallium trichloride is the chemical compound with the formula GaCl3. Solid gallium trichloride exists as a dimer with the formula Ga2Cl6. It is colourless and soluble in virtually all solvents, which is unusual for a metal halide. It is the main precursor to most derivatives of gallium and a rea... | Gallium trichloride
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Gallium trichloride is the chemical compound with the formula GaCl3. Solid gallium trichloride exists as a dimer with the formula Ga2Cl6.[1] It is colourless and soluble in virtually all solvents, which is unusual for a metal halide. It is the main precursor to most derivat... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Gallium_trichloride | |
cc160bc2579e46356fe86c6e8b02918826578227 | wikidoc | Gamma/delta T cells | Gamma/delta T cells
γδ T cells represent a small subset of T cells that possess a distinct T cell receptor (TCR) on their surface. A majority of T cells have a TCR composed of two glycoprotein chains called α- and β- TCR chains. In contrast, in γδ T cells, the TCR is made up of one γ-chain and one δ-chain. This group... | Gamma/delta T cells
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
γδ T cells represent a small subset of T cells that possess a distinct T cell receptor (TCR) on their surface. A majority of T cells have a TCR composed of two glycoprotein chains called α- and β- TCR chains. In contrast, in γδ T cells, the TCR i... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Gamma/delta_T_cells | |
b211b35728f646b68b439ab7b7ffd74a2f1fcfca | wikidoc | Geniculate ganglion | Geniculate ganglion
The geniculate ganglion (from Latin genu, for "knee") is an L-shaped collection of fibers and sensory neurons of the facial nerve located in the facial canal of the head. It receives fibers from both the motor, sensory, and parasympathetic components of the facial nerve and sends fibers that will in... | Geniculate ganglion
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The geniculate ganglion (from Latin genu, for "knee") is an L-shaped collection of fibers and sensory neurons of the facial nerve located in the facial canal of the head. It receives fibers from both the motor, sensory, and p... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Ganglion_geniculi | |
3c31cfd23e855fcd991e3b4ccb5fb5f0985bd219 | wikidoc | Trigeminal ganglion | Trigeminal ganglion
# Overview
The trigeminal ganglion (or Gasserian ganglion, or semilunar ganglion) is a sensory ganglion of the trigeminal nerve which occupies a cavity (Meckel's cave) in the dura mater covering the trigeminal impression near the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone.
# Relations
It is som... | Trigeminal ganglion
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
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The trigeminal ganglion (or Gasserian ganglion, or semilunar ganglion) is a sensory ganglion of the trigeminal nerve which occupies a cavity (Meckel's cave) in the dura mater covering the trigeminal impression nea... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Gasserian | |
3ce7feb5c4d074869cfc5d9a0360481e27e16e83 | wikidoc | Genetic engineering | Genetic engineering
# Overview
Genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM) and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct manipulation of an organism's genes. Engineering is different than traditional breeding, where the organism's genes are manipulated indirectly; g... | Genetic engineering
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Genetic engineering, recombinant DNA technology, genetic modification/manipulation (GM) and gene splicing are terms that apply to the direct manipulation of an organism's genes.[1] Engineering is different than traditional breeding, w... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Gene_splicing | |
e0092ab498ace7f6a67192e24d334be297da39b7 | wikidoc | Gene transcriptions | Gene transcriptions
DNA is a double helix of interlinked nucleotides surrounded by an epigenome. On the basis of biochemical signals, an enzyme, specifically a ribonucleic acid (RNA) polymerase, is chemically bonded to one of the strands (the template strand) of this double helix. The polymerase, once phosphorylated, b... | Gene transcriptions
Editor-In-Chief: Henry A. Hoff
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DNA is a double helix of interlinked nucleotides surrounded by an epigenome. On the basis of biochemical signals, an enzyme, specifically a ribonucleic acid (RNA) polymerase, is chemically bonded to one of the strands (the template strand) of this do... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Gene_transcriptions | |
dcb88891b3969a6cc57fdaf732a7b1d6b9a2df4c | wikidoc | General anaesthesia | General anaesthesia
# Overview
In modern medical practice, general anaesthesia (AmE: anesthesia) is a state of total unconsciousness resulting from general anaesthetic drugs. A variety of drugs are given to the patient that have different effects with the overall aim of ensuring unconsciousness, amnesia and analgesia.... | General anaesthesia
Editor-in-Chief: Santosh Patel M.D., FRCA [1]
# Overview
In modern medical practice, general anaesthesia (AmE: anesthesia) is a state of total unconsciousness resulting from general anaesthetic drugs. A variety of drugs are given to the patient that have different effects with the overall aim of e... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/General_anaesthesia | |
4c7e3b111f8ee1f81e95c289c1ed85b53a5cccb5 | wikidoc | General anaesthetic | General anaesthetic
# Overview
A general anaesthetic (or anesthetic) drug is an anaesthetic drug that brings about a reversible loss of consciousness. These drugs are generally administered by an anesthesia provider in order to induce or maintain general anaesthesia to facilitate surgery.
Drugs given to induce or main... | General anaesthetic
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
A general anaesthetic (or anesthetic) drug is an anaesthetic drug that brings about a reversible loss of consciousness. These drugs are generally administered by an anesthesia provider in order to induce or maintain general anaesthesia ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/General_anaesthetic | |
4be63c8fc89918b59bed3b34d5e7991fc6492689 | wikidoc | Genetic determinism | Genetic determinism
Genetic determinism is the belief that genes determine physical and behavioral phenotypes. The term may be applied to the mapping of a single gene to a single phenotype or to the belief that most or all phenotypes are determined mostly or exclusively by genes. While it is well-established that mos... | Genetic determinism
Genetic determinism is the belief that genes determine physical and behavioral phenotypes. The term may be applied to the mapping of a single gene to a single phenotype or to the belief that most or all phenotypes are determined mostly or exclusively by genes. While it is well-established that mo... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Genetic_determinism | |
ea7cef8005fa649813145bd449662a93191bf113 | wikidoc | Geologic time scale | Geologic time scale
The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of Earth. The table of geologic periods presented here agrees with the dates and nomenclature proposed by the International Commission on S... | Geologic time scale
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The geologic time scale is used by geologists and other scientists to describe the timing and relationships between events that have occurred during the history of Earth. The table of geologic periods presented here agrees with the dates and nomenclature proposed by the Int... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Geologic_time_scale | |
b62c6077dd7f9edc2aed71d07a0c3f0171f3ceb1 | wikidoc | Giardiasis | Giardiasis overview
# Overview
Giardiasis is a common enteric infectio caused by Giardia lamblia, a flagellated protozoan parasite. It is a worldwide infection that is common in settings of poor sanitation. Giardiasis may be classified based on the duration of clinical manifestations into either acute (2-4 weeks) or c... | Giardiasis overview
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D.; Serge Korjian M.D.
# Overview
Giardiasis is a common enteric infectio caused by Giardia lamblia, a flagellated protozoan parasite. It is a worldwide infection that is common in settings of poor s... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Giardiasis_overview | |
63b21d8e7268d47da6690cde302f50452bdb2b1f | wikidoc | Glandular cheilitis | Glandular cheilitis
Synonyms and keywords: Actinic cheilosis, sailor's lip.
# Overview
Actinic cheilitis (also known as "actinic cheilosis", "sailor's lip"), is a form of cheilitis which is the counterpart of actinic keratosis of the skin and can develop into squamous cell carcinoma. In actinic cheilitis, there is t... | Glandular cheilitis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jesus Rosario Hernandez, M.D. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Actinic cheilosis, sailor's lip.
# Overview
Actinic cheilitis (also known as "actinic cheilosis",[1] "sailor's lip"),[2] is a form of cheilitis which is the c... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glandular_cheilitis | |
2022e1b0988edeb24b8d81533b9638c45dc642ae | wikidoc | Glenn Dale Hospital | Glenn Dale Hospital
Glenn Dale Hospital was a tuberculosis sanitarium in Prince Georges County, Maryland in the United States. Although the complex is located in Maryland, it is owned by the government of Washington, D.C.. It is a large facility, consisting of 23 buildings on 210 acres, that was built in 1934 and clos... | Glenn Dale Hospital
Glenn Dale Hospital was a tuberculosis sanitarium in Prince Georges County, Maryland in the United States. Although the complex is located in Maryland, it is owned by the government of Washington, D.C.. It is a large facility, consisting of 23 buildings on 210 acres, that was built in 1934 and clo... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glenn_Dale_Hospital | |
c564f636e23de901949d40462988c381468e4872 | wikidoc | Glucose-6-phosphate | Glucose-6-phosphate
Glucose-6-phosphate (also known as Robison ester) is glucose sugar phosphorylated on carbon 6. This compound is very common in cells as the vast majority of glucose entering a cell will become phosphorylated in this way.
Because of its prominent position in cellular chemistry, glucose 6-phosphate ha... | Glucose-6-phosphate
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Glucose-6-phosphate (also known as Robison ester) is glucose sugar phosphorylated on carbon 6. This compound is very common in cells as the vast majority of glucose entering a cell will become phosphorylated in this way.
Because of its prominent position in cellular chemistry, ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glucose-6-phosphate | |
7726d2733e4d57ca0335bed2f3196f8961f61805 | wikidoc | Glucose intolerance | Glucose intolerance
Synonyms and keywords: Glucose intolerance; impaired glucose intolerance; impaired glycemia
# Overview
Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is a pre-diabetic state of dysglycemia, that is associated with insulin resistance and increased risk of cardiovascular pathology. IGT may precede type 2 diabetes ... | Glucose intolerance
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Synonyms and keywords: Glucose intolerance; impaired glucose intolerance; impaired glycemia
# Overview
Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) is a pre-diabetic state of dysglycemia, that is associated with insulin resistance and increased risk of cardio... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glucose_Intolerance | |
64276db3dd1d3a36b3ec2986d037047e76d90de8 | wikidoc | Glucose transporter | Glucose transporter
Glucose transporters (GLUT or SLC2A family) are a family of membrane proteins found in most mammalian cells.
# Function
Glucose is an essential substrate for the metabolism of most cells. Because glucose is a polar molecule, transport through biological membranes requires specific transport protein... | Glucose transporter
Glucose transporters (GLUT or SLC2A family) are a family of membrane proteins found in most mammalian cells.
# Function
Glucose is an essential substrate for the metabolism of most cells. Because glucose is a polar molecule, transport through biological membranes requires specific transport protei... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glucose_transporter | |
cde8823e2d53e5d943dab4a96c16dc2c4dd2764b | wikidoc | Glycerophospholipid | Glycerophospholipid
# Overview
Glycerophospholipids or phosphoglycerides are glycerol-based phospholipids. They are the main component of biological membranes.
# Structures
The term glycerophospholipid signifies any derivative of sn-glycero-3-phosphoric acid that contains at least one O-acyl, or O-alkyl or O-alk-1'-e... | Glycerophospholipid
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Glycerophospholipids or phosphoglycerides are glycerol-based phospholipids. They are the main component of biological membranes.
# Structures
The term glycerophospholipid signifies any derivative of sn-glycero-3-phosphoric acid that co... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glycerophospholipid | |
2e882a8e52b6babc2fbf44109d4ad328327b7e50 | wikidoc | Glycine—tRNA ligase | Glycine—tRNA ligase
Glycine—tRNA ligase also known as glycyl-tRNA synthetase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GARS gene.
# Function
This gene encodes glycyl-tRNA synthetase, one of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. The encoded enzyme is an (alpha)2 dimer whic... | Glycine—tRNA ligase
Glycine—tRNA ligase also known as glycyl-tRNA synthetase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GARS gene.[1][2][3]
# Function
This gene encodes glycyl-tRNA synthetase, one of the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases that charge tRNAs with their cognate amino acids. The encoded enzyme is an (alpha)2 ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glycine%E2%80%94tRNA_ligase | |
a7e120dd128ee4e759a15b91d3e2bfc438bedf59 | wikidoc | Glycogenosis type V | Glycogenosis type V
Glycogen storage disease type V (GSD-V) is a metabolic disorder, more specifically a glycogen storage disease, caused by a deficiency of myophosphorylase. Its incidence is reported as 1 in 100,000, approximately the same as glycogen storage disease type I.
GSD type V is also known as McArdle disease... | Glycogenosis type V
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Glycogen storage disease type V (GSD-V) is a metabolic disorder, more specifically a glycogen storage disease, caused by a deficiency of myophosphorylase.[1] Its incidence is reported as 1 in 100,000,[2] approximately the same as glycogen storage d... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glycogenosis_type_V | |
36df382cebb62926a97a82e3b9aded2187dac372 | wikidoc | Glycoside hydrolase | Glycoside hydrolase
Glycoside hydrolases (also called glycosidases) catalyze the hydrolysis of the glycosidic linkage to generate two smaller sugars. They are extremely common enzymes with roles in nature including degradation of biomass such as cellulose and hemicellulose, in anti-bacterial defense strategies (eg lyso... | Glycoside hydrolase
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Glycoside hydrolases (also called glycosidases) catalyze the hydrolysis of the glycosidic linkage to generate two smaller sugars. They are extremely common enzymes with roles in nature including degradation of biomass such as cellulose and hemicell... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Glycosidase | |
7eecd08698cb0cbeafce43b46f425eb6d90eeb6b | wikidoc | Golfer's vasculitis | Golfer's vasculitis
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# Overview
Golfer's vasculitis is a form of vasculitis (swelling of the blood vessels) experienced in the lower legs caused by excessive exercise in hotter temperatures. It is more common among older peop... | Golfer's vasculitis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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# Overview
Golfer's vasculitis is a form of vasculitis (swelling of the blood vessels) experienced in the lower legs caused by excessive exercise in hot... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Golfer%27s_vasculitis | |
4c45014294339beb0144a3e22b080050d544a196 | wikidoc | Great cerebral vein | Great cerebral vein
The great cerebral vein is one of the large blood vessels in the skull draining the cerebrum (brain).
It also has the named after "vein of Galen" (VG), named for its discoverer, the Greek physician Galen. However, it is not the only vein with this eponym.
# Disorders
It is prone to congenital defec... | Great cerebral vein
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The great cerebral vein is one of the large blood vessels in the skull draining the cerebrum (brain).
It also has the named after "vein of Galen" (VG), named for its discoverer, the Greek physician Galen. However, it is not th... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Great_cerebral_vein | |
0d126a4f997bbce6bf3e5429125906d006794500 | wikidoc | Greenstick fracture | Greenstick fracture
# Overview
A greenstick fracture, as an incomplete fracture of long bones, defined as a partial thickness fracture which just the cortex and periosteum are interrupted only on one side of the affected bone. The greenstick fracture usually are seen in young children commonly younger than 10 years ... | Greenstick fracture
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mohammadmain Rezazadehsaatlou[2].
# Overview [1][2]
A greenstick fracture, as an incomplete fracture of long bones, defined as a partial thickness fracture which just the cortex and periosteum are interrupted only o... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Greenstick_fracture | |
c13e9b281d730ce374ced4813eab9f309fa150a7 | wikidoc | Grotthuss mechanism | Grotthuss mechanism
The Grotthuss Mechanism is the mechanism by which an 'excess' proton or protonic defect diffuses through the hydrogen bond network of water molecules or other hydrogen-bonded liquids through the formation/cleavage of covalent bonds.
In his seminal 1806 publication “Theory of decomposition of liquids... | Grotthuss mechanism
The Grotthuss Mechanism is the mechanism by which an 'excess' proton or protonic defect diffuses through the hydrogen bond network of water molecules or other hydrogen-bonded liquids through the formation/cleavage of covalent bonds.
In his seminal 1806 publication “Theory of decomposition of liquid... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Grotthuss_mechanism | |
204efb5899a9d7ea5de1e227ca2d0df4206aeb8f | wikidoc | Gymnopilus junonius | Gymnopilus junonius
Gymnopilus junonius, also known as Gymnopilus spectabilis, Laughing gym or Laughing Jim, is a large and very widely distributed hallucinogenic mushroom which grows in dense clusters on dead hardwoods and conifers. It has a rusty orange spore print, a bitter taste, stains red with KOH and turns gree... | Gymnopilus junonius
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Gymnopilus junonius, also known as Gymnopilus spectabilis, Laughing gym or Laughing Jim, is a large and very widely distributed hallucinogenic mushroom which grows in dense clusters on dead hardwoods and conifers. It has a rusty orange spore print, a bitter taste, stains red ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Gymnopilus_junonius | |
b35e8da8ade53c208f81ac7631e5fffb8ba2e70f | wikidoc | Haemophilus ducreyi | Haemophilus ducreyi
# Overview
Haemophilus ducreyi is a fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus causing chancroid, a gential ulcer disease. A genetically distinct non-sexually transmitted strain may also cause cutaneous limb ulcers.
# Organism
- Haemophilus ducreyi, also known as H. ducreyi, is a fastidious, Gram-nega... | Haemophilus ducreyi
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Yazan Daaboul, M.D.; Nate Michalak, B.A.; Serge Korjian M.D.
# Overview
Haemophilus ducreyi is a fastidious gram-negative coccobacillus causing chancroid, a gential ulcer disease. A genetically distinct non-sexually... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/H._ducreyi | |
3d03003b1e5cc763d62a60d1de44297a25116a0d | wikidoc | HDL laboratory test | HDL laboratory test
Synonyms and keywords: HDL-C, HDL-P
# Overview
The association between HDL concentration and cardiovascular outcomes, especially in statin treated high-risk patients with residual cardiovascular risks, has triggered a large interest in the evaluation of HDL lowering drugs. HDL is one of the most c... | HDL laboratory test
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: HDL-C, HDL-P
# Overview
The association between HDL concentration and cardiovascular outcomes, especially in statin treated high-risk patients with residual cardiovascular... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/HDL_laboratory_test | |
79b0aad9989016291b5b94877e0f8cace6b3396d | wikidoc | Hammond's postulate | Hammond's postulate
Hammond's Postulate, also referred to as the Hammond-Leffler postulate, is a hypothesis, derived from transition state theory, concerning the transition state of organic chemical reactions, which states that:
# Interpreting the postulate
Effectively, the postulate states that the structure of a tra... | Hammond's postulate
Hammond's Postulate, also referred to as the Hammond-Leffler postulate, is a hypothesis, derived from transition state theory, concerning the transition state of organic chemical reactions, which states that:[1]
# Interpreting the postulate
Effectively, the postulate states that the structure of a... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hammond%27s_postulate | |
4bff0cbddece9cecae2f9b9d26ccfd66e75c7d96 | wikidoc | Hans Christian Gram | Hans Christian Gram
# Overview
Hans Christian Joachim Gram (September 13, 1853 - November 14, 1938) was a Danish bacteriologist.
He was the son of Frederik Terkel Julius Gram, a professor of jurisprudence, and Louise Christiane Roulund.
Gram studied botany at the University of Copenhagen and was an assistant in botan... | Hans Christian Gram
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Hans Christian Joachim Gram (September 13, 1853 - November 14, 1938) was a Danish bacteriologist.
He was the son of Frederik Terkel Julius Gram, a professor of jurisprudence, and Louise Christiane Roulund.
Gram studied botany at the Un... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hans_Christian_Gram | |
f21e376fa3eccd3389901ac02c126c6701f76c2f | wikidoc | Health Belief Model | Health Belief Model
The Health Belief Model was a psychological model developed in the 1950s for studying and promoting the uptake of services offered by social psychologists. Subsequent amendments to the model were made as late as 1988, to accommodate evolving evidence generated within the health community about the r... | Health Belief Model
The Health Belief Model was a psychological model developed in the 1950s for studying and promoting the uptake of services offered by social psychologists. Subsequent amendments to the model were made as late as 1988, to accommodate evolving evidence generated within the health community about the ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Health_Belief_Model | |
5a61904481e11a66b996fb5e8ffae6c91fc0fa3d | wikidoc | Healthcare in India | Healthcare in India
# Overview
Healthcare in India is the responsibility of the individual Indian states. The constitution charges those states with "raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties". There is also a National H... | Healthcare in India
# Overview
Healthcare in India is the responsibility of the individual Indian states. The constitution charges those states with "raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties". There is also a National H... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Health_care_in_India | |
815cae9dd5bbea003b7820166a06c02706e520bf | wikidoc | Health care systems | Health care systems
A health care system is the organization and the method by which health care is provided. In practice, these systems vary widely from one country to another, and not all health care is delivered by way of a health care system. Comparing systems is the focus of health care politics and current resea... | Health care systems
A health care system is the organization and the method by which health care is provided. In practice, these systems vary widely from one country to another, and not all health care is delivered by way of a health care system. Comparing systems is the focus of health care politics and current rese... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Health_care_system | |
c8834c33812360ab5d7076855b939c1ad7be28bb | wikidoc | Heat capacity ratio | Heat capacity ratio
The heat capacity ratio or adiabatic index or ratio of specific heats, is the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure (C_P) to heat capacity at constant volume (C_V). It is sometimes also known as the isentropic expansion factor and is denoted by \gamma (gamma) or \kappa (kappa). The latter ... | Heat capacity ratio
The heat capacity ratio or adiabatic index or ratio of specific heats, is the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure (<math>C_P</math>) to heat capacity at constant volume (<math>C_V</math>). It is sometimes also known as the isentropic expansion factor and is denoted by <math>\gamma</math... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Heat_capacity_ratio | |
82c68c3b01ebaddd35fd9785ff15c9470a9a7e4b | wikidoc | Hedeoma pulegioides | Hedeoma pulegioides
Hedeoma pulegioides (American Pennyroyal, or American False Pennyroyal) is a species of Hedeoma native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia and southern Ontario west to Minnesota and South Dakota, and south to northern Georgia and Arkansas.
It is a low-growing, strongly aromatic herbaceous ann... | Hedeoma pulegioides
Hedeoma pulegioides (American Pennyroyal, or American False Pennyroyal[1]) is a species of Hedeoma native to eastern North America, from Nova Scotia and southern Ontario west to Minnesota and South Dakota, and south to northern Georgia and Arkansas.[2]
It is a low-growing, strongly aromatic herbace... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hedeoma_pulegioides | |
7defa60c644688abe9d9b006fdb2a3cb62099197 | wikidoc | Helicase, POLQ-like | Helicase, POLQ-like
Helicase, POLQ-like, also known as hel308 and Holliday junction migration protein, encoded by the gene HEL308, is a DNA helicase found in humans, archea and many other organisms. Its principal function is to allow DNA replication to continue past DNA forks.
# Gene
The gene encoding this enzyme, HEL... | Helicase, POLQ-like
Helicase, POLQ-like, also known as hel308 and Holliday junction migration protein, encoded by the gene HEL308, is a DNA helicase found in humans, archea and many other organisms.[1] Its principal function is to allow DNA replication to continue past DNA forks.[2]
# Gene
The gene encoding this enzy... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Helicase,_POLQ-like | |
aa5e58a58272edac57debab242bd5a8004a28764 | wikidoc | Helleborus foetidus | Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus foetidus, known variously as Stinking hellebore, Dungwort, or Bear's foot, is a member of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to western Europe, from England south to Portugal, and east to Germany and Italy.
# Description
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 80 cm tall an... | Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus foetidus, known variously as Stinking hellebore, Dungwort, or Bear's foot, is a member of the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to western Europe, from England south to Portugal, and east to Germany and Italy.
# Description
It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 80 cm tall a... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Helleborus_foetidus | |
e3797b74488cd4b6d8f4a004f83bdc185117407f | wikidoc | Syphilitic aortitis | Syphilitic aortitis
Synonyms and keywords: Heller-Döhle syndrome
# Overview
A pathological state of the aorta associated with the tertiary stage of syphilis infection. Syphilitic aortitis begins as inflammation of the adventia, including the vessels that supply the aorta itself with blood, the vasa vasorum. As the dis... | Syphilitic aortitis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, M.B.B.S. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Heller-Döhle syndrome
# Overview
A pathological state of the aorta associated with the tertiary stage of syphilis infection. Syphilitic aortitis begins as i... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Heller-D%C3%B6hle_syndrome | |
05f66607e4f8b2f8645e2026457da164f13dab84 | wikidoc | Hemangioma | Hemangioma overview
# Overview
Hemangioma was first described by Dr. Robert Liston, a British surgeon, in 1843. Hemangioma may be classified according to International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies into six subtypes: Infantile hemangioma, congenital hemangioma, tufted angioma, spindle-cell hemangioma, ep... | Hemangioma overview
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Hemangioma was first described by Dr. Robert Liston, a British surgeon, in 1843.[1] Hemangioma may be classified according to International Society for the Study of Vascular Anomalies into six subtypes: Infantile hemangioma, congenital ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemangioma_overview | |
1c50d81cc13194f66aca8a4190fef1c39c823ec6 | wikidoc | Hematologic disease | Hematologic disease
Hematologic diseases are disorders which primarily affect the blood.
# Classification of hematologic diseases
- Hemoglobinopathies (congenital abnormality of the hemoglobin molecule or of the rate of hemoglobin synthesis)
Sickle-cell disease
Thalassemia
Methemoglobinemia
- Sickle-cell disease
- Tha... | Hematologic disease
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Hematologic diseases are disorders which primarily affect the blood.
# Classification of hematologic diseases
- Hemoglobinopathies (congenital abnormality of the hemoglobin molecule or of the rate of hemoglobin synthesis)
Sickle-cell disease
Thala... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hematologic_disease | |
a8de64dd315998a3a030f5c19548f6e13e385f81 | wikidoc | Hemicrania continua | Hemicrania continua
Hemicrania continua (HC) is a persistent unilateral headache that responds to indomethacin. It is usually unremitting, but rare cases of remission have been documented. Hemicrania continua is considered a primary headache disorder, meaning that it's not caused by another condition.
# Diagnostic cri... | Hemicrania continua
Hemicrania continua (HC) is a persistent unilateral headache that responds to indomethacin. It is usually unremitting, but rare cases of remission have been documented. Hemicrania continua is considered a primary headache disorder, meaning that it's not caused by another condition.
# Diagnostic cr... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemicrania_continua | |
671b8fd527ba49f0230a44852c3bc8d5230c0c81 | wikidoc | Hemispatial neglect | Hemispatial neglect
# Overview
Hemispatial neglect, also called hemineglect, unilateral neglect, spatial neglect or neglect syndrome is a neurological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain, a deficit in attention to the opposite side of space is observed.
# Presentation
It most commonly resu... | Hemispatial neglect
# Overview
Hemispatial neglect, also called hemineglect, unilateral neglect, spatial neglect or neglect syndrome is a neurological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain, a deficit in attention to the opposite side of space is observed.
# Presentation
It most commonly resu... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemineglect | |
1f70848010be03ae1e918616cda90e4100f4ba82 | wikidoc | Hemoglobin, alpha 1 | Hemoglobin, alpha 1
Hemoglobin, alpha 1, also known as HBA1, is a hemoglobin protein that in humans is encoded by the HBA1 gene.
# Gene
The human alpha globin gene cluster located on chromosome 16 spans about 30 kb and includes seven loci: 5'- zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 - alpha-1 - theta - 3'. Th... | Hemoglobin, alpha 1
Hemoglobin, alpha 1, also known as HBA1, is a hemoglobin protein that in humans is encoded by the HBA1 gene.[1]
# Gene
The human alpha globin gene cluster located on chromosome 16 spans about 30 kb and includes seven loci: 5'- zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 - alpha-1 - theta - 3'... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemoglobin,_alpha_1 | |
015d82afe9d97539d4bd0cd421f88e1dde906a7e | wikidoc | Hemoglobin, alpha 2 | Hemoglobin, alpha 2
Hemoglobin, alpha 2 also known as HBA2 is a gene that in humans codes for the alpha globin chain of hemoglobin.
# Function
The human alpha globin gene cluster is located on chromosome 16 and spans about 30 kb, including seven alpha like globin genes and pseudogenes: 5'- HBZ - HBZP1 - HBM - HBAP1 - ... | Hemoglobin, alpha 2
Hemoglobin, alpha 2 also known as HBA2 is a gene that in humans codes for the alpha globin chain of hemoglobin.[1][2]
# Function
The human alpha globin gene cluster is located on chromosome 16 and spans about 30 kb, including seven alpha like globin genes and pseudogenes: 5'- HBZ - HBZP1 - HBM - H... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemoglobin,_alpha_2 | |
8e1c4b3dc642f323ea7185e226aaee811adf749b | wikidoc | Hemophilia | Hemophilia overview
Hemophilia is considered a very old disease with its history dating back to the 2nd century AD. The first modern descriptions of the condition appeared during the 19th century. Extensive work has been done over the centuries regarding the classification, inheritance pattern, and treatment of hemophi... | Hemophilia overview
Hemophilia is considered a very old disease with its history dating back to the 2nd century AD. The first modern descriptions of the condition appeared during the 19th century. Extensive work has been done over the centuries regarding the classification, inheritance pattern, and treatment of hemoph... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemophilia_overview | |
30d7cb75edac48bbd1ffc981a896036f3c4d8101 | wikidoc | Hemoptysis | Hemoptysis overview
# Overview
Lung has two main vascular systems that include pulmonary circulation and bronchial circulation. There are multiple anastomoses between pulmonary and bronchial arterieswhich create physiologic right to left shunts. Blood in the hemoptysis is mostly originated from the Lung. However, it c... | Hemoptysis overview
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]
# Overview
Lung has two main vascular systems that include pulmonary circulation and bronchial circulation. There are multiple anastomoses between pulmonary and bronchial arterieswhich create ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemoptysis_overview | |
fbf7eb67a811e99668f2dc74b8b32ed1b0eb7247 | wikidoc | Hemorrhoidal plexus | Hemorrhoidal plexus
The hemorrhoidal plexus (or rectal venous plexus) surrounds the rectum, and communicates in front with the vesical plexus in the male, and the uterovaginal plexus in the female.
A free communication between the portal and systemic venous systems is established through the hemorrhoidal plexus.
# Par... | Hemorrhoidal plexus
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The hemorrhoidal plexus (or rectal venous plexus) surrounds the rectum, and communicates in front with the vesical plexus in the male, and the uterovaginal plexus in the female.
A free communication between the portal and syst... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemorrhoidal_plexus | |
19c3e7a6f053a5de210eb486c0c23c717ed70302 | wikidoc | Hemothorax | Hemothorax overview
# Overview
Hemothorax as a clinico-pathological entity can be defined in two ways. Morphologically, it is a pathologic collection of blood within the pleural cavity, between the lung surface and inner chest wall. Clinically , hemothorax is defined as a pleural fluid with a hematocrit ranging from ... | Hemothorax overview
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Joanna Ekabua, M.D. [2]
# Overview
Hemothorax as a clinico-pathological entity can be defined in two ways. Morphologically, it is a pathologic collection of blood within the pleural cavity, between the lung surface and inner chest wall. Clinicall... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hemothorax_overview | |
2f82a4f16abd317a38b341bfe69b658ca042a98a | wikidoc | Heparin cofactor II | Heparin cofactor II
Heparin cofactor II (HCII), a protein encoded by the SERPIND1 gene, is a coagulation factor that inhibits IIa, and is a cofactor for heparin and dermatan sulfate ("minor antithrombin").
The product encoded by this gene is a serine proteinase inhibitor which rapidly inhibits thrombin in the presence ... | Heparin cofactor II
Heparin cofactor II (HCII), a protein encoded by the SERPIND1 gene, is a coagulation factor that inhibits IIa, and is a cofactor for heparin and dermatan sulfate ("minor antithrombin").[1]
The product encoded by this gene is a serine proteinase inhibitor which rapidly inhibits thrombin in the prese... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Heparin_cofactor_II | |
5371c28bbf31c60ea14d07f4e89d4ede3ca0cce1 | wikidoc | Herxheimer reaction | Herxheimer reaction
# Overview
The Herxheimer reaction (also known as Jarisch-Herxheimer or herx) occurs when large quantities of toxins are released into the body as bacteria (typically Spirochetal bacteria) die, due to antibiotic treatment.
Typically the death of these bacteria and the associated release of endotoxi... | Herxheimer reaction
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# Overview
The Herxheimer reaction (also known as Jarisch-Herxheimer or herx) occurs when large quantities of toxins are released into the body as bacteria (typically Spirochetal bacteria) die, due to antibiotic treatment.
... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Herxheimer_reaction | |
a46ab1e6be459e1f804eb151250e41da1c552a2e | wikidoc | Hydroxyethyl starch | Hydroxyethyl starch
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# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is int... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hetastarch | |
5558786195a7e4779fe51d54003284ec90b33364 | wikidoc | High mobility group | High mobility group
High Mobility Group or HMG is a group of chromosomal proteins that help with
transcription, replication, recombination, and DNA repair.
The HMG proteins are subdivided into 3 superfamilies each with a characteristic functional sequence:
- HMGB family, the characteristic is called the HMG-box
- HMGN ... | High mobility group
High Mobility Group or HMG is a group of chromosomal proteins that help with
transcription, replication, recombination, and DNA repair.
The HMG proteins are subdivided into 3 superfamilies each with a characteristic functional sequence:
- HMGB family, the characteristic is called the HMG-box
- HMGN... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/High_mobility_group | |
8b3e92b86d51cc47a727b337b21934a9ad4b3b7a | wikidoc | Hillingdon Hospital | Hillingdon Hospital
# Overview
Hillingdon Hospital is an NHS hospital, located in Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, Greater London. It is a general hospital serving the local area, providing a wide variety of services including Accident and Emergency (64,000 patients annually), Inpatients, Day Surgery and Outpatient Clinics... | Hillingdon Hospital
# Overview
Hillingdon Hospital is an NHS hospital, located in Pield Heath Road, Uxbridge, Greater London. It is a general hospital serving the local area, providing a wide variety of services including Accident and Emergency (64,000 patients annually), Inpatients, Day Surgery and Outpatient Clinics... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hillingdon_Hospital | |
e6a9e1b197f8e0f2307f9d340a50d6d2e76729b1 | wikidoc | Histone deacetylase | Histone deacetylase
# Overview
Histone deacetylases (EC 3.5.1.98, HDAC) are a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups (O=C-CH3) from an ε-N-acetyl lysine amino acid on a histone, allowing the histones to wrap the DNA more tightly. This is important because DNA is wrapped around histones, and DNA expression is regul... | Histone deacetylase
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Histone deacetylases (EC 3.5.1.98, HDAC) are a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups (O=C-CH3) from an ε-N-acetyl lysine amino acid on a histone, allowing the histones to wrap the DNA more tightly. This is important because DNA is ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Histone_deacetylase | |
eb6a03b12e086586aee2ce99fbef36b5d26dee56 | wikidoc | Historian (medical) | Historian (medical)
# Overview
"Historian" is a term used by medical professionals (particularly doctors and nurses) to describe a narrator of a medical history.
Medical history is usually divided into surgical history (all prior surgeries), social history (sexual, recreational, and alcohol/drug factors), family histo... | Historian (medical)
# Overview
"Historian" is a term used by medical professionals (particularly doctors and nurses) to describe a narrator of a medical history.
Medical history is usually divided into surgical history (all prior surgeries), social history (sexual, recreational, and alcohol/drug factors), family histo... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Historian_(medical) | |
a2d5f76eece3d67113a2b9e808f532e6924895b9 | wikidoc | History of medicine | History of medicine
All human societies have medical beliefs that provide explanations for birth, death, and disease. Throughout history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, adverse astral influence, or the will of the gods. These ideas still retain some power, with faith healing and shrines still used i... | History of medicine
All human societies have medical beliefs that provide explanations for birth, death, and disease. Throughout history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, adverse astral influence, or the will of the gods. These ideas still retain some power, with faith healing and shrines still used ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/History_of_medicine | |
c77d40bbb7a36dfd50807219267b6aef774a330a | wikidoc | Hospital separation | Hospital separation
# Overview
Separation from a healthcare facility occurs anytime a patient (or resident) leaves because of death, discharge, sign-out against medical advice or transfer. The number of separations is the most commonly used measure of the utilization of hospital services. Separations, rather than admi... | Hospital separation
# Overview
Separation from a healthcare facility occurs anytime a patient (or resident) leaves because of death, discharge, sign-out against medical advice or transfer. The number of separations is the most commonly used measure of the utilization of hospital services. Separations, rather than admi... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hospital_separation | |
c0457a642a4fd08c8a999796697aef9ee806f388 | wikidoc | Host cell factor C1 | Host cell factor C1
Host cell factor 1 (HCFC1, HCF1, or HCF-1), also known as VP16-accessory protein, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCFC1 gene.
# Structure
HCF1 is a member of the highly conserved host cell factor family and encodes a protein with five Kelch repeats, a fibronectin-like motif, and six H... | Host cell factor C1
Host cell factor 1 (HCFC1, HCF1, or HCF-1), also known as VP16-accessory protein,[1] is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HCFC1 gene.[2][3]
# Structure
HCF1 is a member of the highly conserved host cell factor family and encodes a protein with five Kelch repeats, a fibronectin-like motif,... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Host_cell_factor_C1 | |
7e3ba58831fb7c3a829fe7a8a1fbc30779cf77a0 | wikidoc | House Ear Institute | House Ear Institute
# Overview
The House Ear Institute (HEI) was founded in 1946 by Howard P. House, M.D. with the help of a generous grant from Dean Witter.
Since 1946, the House Ear Institute has led the way in defining the causes of hearing and balance, disorders improving medical/surgical procedures, and prosthet... | House Ear Institute
# Overview
The House Ear Institute (HEI) [1] was founded in 1946 by Howard P. House, M.D. with the help of a generous grant from Dean Witter.
Since 1946, the House Ear Institute has led the way in defining the causes of hearing and balance, disorders improving medical/surgical procedures, and prost... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/House_Ear_Institute | |
b1af1767d86499f74def5515d8397708db7679a4 | wikidoc | Human embryogenesis | Human embryogenesis
# Overview
Human embryogenesis is the process of cell division and cellular differentiation of the human embryo during early prenatal development. It spans from the moment of fertilization to the end of the 8th week of gestational age, whereafter it is called a fetus.
# From one cell to blastocyst... | Human embryogenesis
# Overview
Human embryogenesis is the process of cell division and cellular differentiation of the human embryo during early prenatal development. It spans from the moment of fertilization to the end of the 8th week of gestational age, whereafter it is called a fetus.
# From one cell to blastocyst... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Human_embryogenesis | |
685db99f6517225d3fdd1af3a74fee30534eeece | wikidoc | Neutrophil elastase | Neutrophil elastase
Neutrophil elastase (EC 3.4.21.37, leukocyte elastase, ELANE, ELA2, elastase 2, neutrophil, elaszym, serine elastase, subtype human leukocyte elastase (HLE)) is a serine proteinase in the same family as chymotrypsin and has broad substrate specificity. Secreted by neutrophils and macrophages during ... | Neutrophil elastase
Neutrophil elastase (EC 3.4.21.37, leukocyte elastase, ELANE, ELA2, elastase 2, neutrophil, elaszym, serine elastase, subtype human leukocyte elastase (HLE)) is a serine proteinase in the same family as chymotrypsin and has broad substrate specificity. Secreted by neutrophils and macrophages during... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Human_neutrophil_elastase | |
2da478319d8535cfc0e565976e5d92c8c107761c | wikidoc | Reproductive system | Reproductive system
The reproductive system is a system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction. Many non-living substances such as fluids, hormones, and pheromones are also important accessories to the reproductive system. Unlike most organ systems, the sexes of differentiated ... | Reproductive system
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
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The reproductive system is a system of organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of reproduction. Many non-living substances such as fluids, hormones, and pheromones are also important accessories to the repr... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Human_reproduction | |
576cf3ea20aa6e043c6df1cdecdb581e204c667f | wikidoc | Human serum albumin | Human serum albumin
Human serum albumin is the serum albumin found in human blood. It is the most abundant protein in human blood plasma; it constitutes about half of serum protein. It is produced in the liver. It is soluble in water and monomeric.
Albumin transports hormones, fatty acids, and other compounds, buffers ... | Human serum albumin
Human serum albumin is the serum albumin found in human blood. It is the most abundant protein in human blood plasma; it constitutes about half of serum protein. It is produced in the liver. It is soluble in water and monomeric.
Albumin transports hormones, fatty acids, and other compounds, buffers... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Human_serum_albumin | |
6b3ffc3cde4796f909966ff838bebf903c2d9929 | wikidoc | Paromomycin sulfate | Paromomycin sulfate
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is intended to be an educational tool, not a tool for any form of healthcare delivery. The educational content on W... | Paromomycin sulfate
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rabin Bista, M.B.B.S. [2]
# Disclaimer
WikiDoc MAKES NO GUARANTEE OF VALIDITY. WikiDoc is not a professional health care provider, nor is it a suitable replacement for a licensed healthcare provider. WikiDoc is int... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Humatin | |
5162be845f5ca61077d6f96964b64100f1f22303 | wikidoc | Hydroa vacciniforme | Hydroa vacciniforme
# Overview
Hydroa vacciniforme' (HV) is a very rare, chronic photodermatitis-type skin condition with usual onset in childhood. It was first described in 1862 by Bazin. It is sometimes called "Bazin's hydroa vacciniforme". A study published in Scotland in 2000 reviewed the cases of 17 patients and ... | Hydroa vacciniforme
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Jesus Rosario Hernandez, M.D. [2]
# Overview
Hydroa vacciniforme' (HV) is a very rare, chronic photodermatitis-type skin condition with usual onset in childhood. It was first described in 1862 by Bazin.[1] It is som... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hydroa_vacciniforme | |
8ea87bfb39160d3b9a33eaebb1fd6e62baceebcd | wikidoc | Hydrolysis constant | Hydrolysis constant
A hydrolysis constant is an equilibrium constant for a hydrolysis reaction.
For example, if a metal salt such as AlCl3 dissolves in an aqueous solution, the metal cation behaves as a Lewis acid and hydrolyzes the water molecules in the solvent.
The hydrolysis constant for this reaction is:
In a more... | Hydrolysis constant
A hydrolysis constant is an equilibrium constant for a hydrolysis reaction.[1]
For example, if a metal salt such as AlCl3 dissolves in an aqueous solution, the metal cation behaves as a Lewis acid and hydrolyzes the water molecules in the solvent.[2]
The hydrolysis constant for this reaction is:
In... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hydrolysis_constant | |
09256be89241f4f43576626331c354b4a44fc358 | wikidoc | Hyperbaric medicine | Hyperbaric medicine
Hyperbaric medicine, also known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.
# Uses
Several therapeutic principles are made use of in HBOT:
- The increased overall pressure is of therapeutic value when HBOT is used in the treatment of decom... | Hyperbaric medicine
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Hyperbaric medicine, also known as hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is the medical use of oxygen at a higher than atmospheric pressure.
# Uses
Several therapeutic principles are made use of in HBOT:
- The increased overall pressure is of therapeut... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hyperbaric | |
57d59227c771ca6f6e110c6c998e1a9c122dc71f | wikidoc | Hypertensive crisis | Hypertensive crisis
Synonyms and keywords: Hypertensive emergency; hypertensive urgency; severe hypertension
# Overview
Hypertensive crisis is a term used to describe a severe elevation in the blood pressure which may or may not be associated with end-organ damage. Noncompliance with antihypertensive medications is t... | Hypertensive crisis
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Hypertensive emergency; hypertensive urgency; severe hypertension
# Overview
Hypertensive crisis is a term used to describe a severe elevation in the blood pressure ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hypertensive_crisis | |
a8133faff8989f21878a8b80c46a223ffc05fb65 | wikidoc | Sucrose nephropathy | Sucrose nephropathy
Synonyms and keywords: Osmotic nephropathy, IVIg induced nephropathy, hypertonic solution induced nephropathy
# Overview
Sucrose containing infusions have been associated with acute kidney injury specifically in high risk patients with preexisting renal impairment. The clinical syndrome is seen mo... | Sucrose nephropathy
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rim Halaby, M.D. [2]
Synonyms and keywords: Osmotic nephropathy, IVIg induced nephropathy, hypertonic solution induced nephropathy
# Overview
Sucrose containing infusions have been associated with acute kidney injur... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hypertonic_solution_induced_nephropathy | |
9f85479ba5b1c690ec454eebc8ddc4d09ab98ba3 | wikidoc | Hypertryptophanemia | Hypertryptophanemia
# Overview
Hypertryptophanemia, also called familial hypertryptophanemia, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that results in a massive buildup of the amino acid tryptophan in the blood, with associated symptoms and tryptophanuria (-uria denotes "in the urine").
Elevated levels of tryp... | Hypertryptophanemia
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Hypertryptophanemia, also called familial hypertryptophanemia,[1] is a rare autosomal recessive[2] metabolic disorder that results in a massive buildup of the amino acid tryptophan in the blood, with associated symptoms and tryptophanur... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hypertryptophanemia | |
26443b37cfe1aa563da45424285eed8d8fd21181 | wikidoc | Hypocholesterolemia | Hypocholesterolemia
# Overview
Hypocholesterolemia is the presence of abnormally low (hypo-) levels of cholesterol in the blood (-emia). Low cholesterol levels can be defined as a total cholesterol and LDL-C levels inferior to the 5th percentile of the general population adjusted for age, gender and race. The cut-off... | Hypocholesterolemia
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
Hypocholesterolemia is the presence of abnormally low (hypo-) levels of cholesterol in the blood (-emia). Low cholesterol levels can be defined as a total cholesterol and LDL-C levels inferior to the 5th percentile of the general popula... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hypocholesterolemia | |
1c066dfa8c694019b19efa1913ae5f3b6c59327f | wikidoc | Hypolipidemic agent | Hypolipidemic agent
Hypolipidemic agents, or antihyperlipidemic agents, are a diverse group of pharmaceuticals that are used in the treatment of hyperlipidemias. They are called lipid-lowering drugs (LLD) or agents.
# Classes of hypolipidemic drugs
There are several classes of hypolipidemic drugs. They may differ in b... | Hypolipidemic agent
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Hypolipidemic agents, or antihyperlipidemic agents, are a diverse group of pharmaceuticals that are used in the treatment of hyperlipidemias. They are called lipid-lowering drugs (LLD) or agents.
# Classes of hypolipidemic drugs
There are several ... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hypolipidaemic_agent | |
eb26bd5da279211dd15aa4b2721f25b9b060fbf5 | wikidoc | Intensive care unit | Intensive care unit
# Overview
An intensive care unit (ICU), critical care unit (CCU) or intensive treatment unit (ITU, popular in the UK) is a specialised department in a hospital that provides intensive care medicine. Many hospitals also have designated intensive care areas for certain specialities of medicine, as d... | Intensive care unit
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
An intensive care unit (ICU), critical care unit (CCU) or intensive treatment unit (ITU, popular in the UK) is a specialised department in a hospital that provides intensive care medicine. Many hospitals also have designated intensive c... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/ICU | |
f0bc08ba8343d5da0d5897a02c320a93798f7e46 | wikidoc | ICU scoring systems | ICU scoring systems
# Overview
There are several scoring systems in intensive care units (ICUs) today.
# Adult scoring systems
These scoring systems can be used on patients age 15 and up.
- APACHE II was designed to provide a morbidity score for a patient. It is useful to decide what kind of treatment or medicine is ... | ICU scoring systems
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
# Overview
There are several scoring systems in intensive care units (ICUs) today.
# Adult scoring systems
These scoring systems can be used on patients age 15 and up.
- APACHE II was designed to provide a morbidity score for a patient. It is use... | https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/ICU_scoring_systems |
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