Acronyms
FIGLU – Acronym
FIGLU stands for: Formiminoglutamic acid
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Month: September 2010
Acronyms
CFRD – Acronym
CFRD stands for: Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes
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Medicine
Enthesis – definition
Components of a joint Enthesis refers to the point where a tendon / ligament is attached to bone The collagen fibers are calcified at this region and integrated
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Medicine
Paraproteinemia – Definition
Paraproteinemia refers to increased amounts of a singly type of monoclonal gammaglobulins in the blood It indicates an underlying immunoproliferative disorder Types: Depending on the type of monoclonal gammaglobulins found
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Acronyms
MGUS – Acronym
MGUS stands for: Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
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Acronyms
TRALI – Acronym
TRALI stands for: Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury
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Medicine
Conditions causing increased sweat chloride
Cystic fibrosis is the most important condition in which chloride levels in sweat are increased It is measured by using sweat test There are some other conditions which
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Medicine
Drugs causing peripheral neuropathy as side effect
The following drugs are known to cause peripheral neuropathy as their side effect. Anti cancer drugs vincristine cisplatin Anti epileptics Phenytoin Cardiac drugs Hydralazine Amiodarone Perhexiline Antibiotics Nitrofurantoin Isoniazid Metronidazole
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Medicine
Siegert's sign
Siegert’s sign refert to short and inward curved terminal phalanges seen in Down syndrome Named after Ferdinand Siegert, a German paediatrician
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