DNA Probes
Gene Probes, DNA
Conserved Gene Probes
Whole Genomic DNA Probes
Chromosomal Probes
Whole Chromosomal Probes
DNA Hybridization Probes

Species- or subspecies-specific DNA (including COMPLEMENTARY DNA; conserved genes, whole chromosomes, or whole genomes) used in hybridization studies in order to identify microorganisms, to measure DNA-DNA homologies, to group subspecies, etc. The DNA probe hybridizes with a specific mRNA, if present. Conventional techniques used for testing for the hybridization product include dot blot assays, Southern blot assays, and DNA:RNA hybrid-specific antibody tests. Conventional labels for the DNA probe include the radioisotope labels 32P and 125I and the chemical label biotin. The use of DNA probes provides a specific, sensitive, rapid, and inexpensive replacement for cell culture techniques for diagnosing infections.


Coronary-Internal Mammary Artery Anastomosis

Internal Mammary Coronary Artery Anastomosis

Anastomosis, Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery

Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis

Direct myocardial revascularization in which the internal mammary artery is anastomosed to the right coronary artery, circumflex artery, or anterior descending coronary artery. The internal mammary artery is the most frequent choice, especially for a single graft, for coronary artery bypass surgery.


Sodium Stibogluconate
Stibatin
Antimony Sodium Gluconates
Solustibosan
Stibogluconate Sodium
Antimony Sodium Gluconate
Triostam
Antimony Gluconic Acid
Myostibin
Antimony Gluconate Sodium
Pentostam

Antimony complex where the metal may exist in either the pentavalent or trivalent states. The pentavalent gluconate is used in leishmaniasis. The trivalent gluconate is most frequently used in schistosomiasis.


Chromosomes, Human, Y
Y Chromosome, Human

The human male sex chromosome, being the differential sex chromosome carried by half the male gametes and none of the female gametes in humans.


Dibutyryl Guanosine-3',5'-Monophosphate
Dibutyryl Cyclic GMP
Dibutyryl Guanosine 3,5 Monophosphate

N-(1-Oxobutyl)-cyclic 3',5'-(hydrogen phosphate)-2'-butanoate guanosine. A derivative of cyclic GMP. It has a higher resistance to extracellular and intracellular phosphodiesterase than cyclic GMP.


Xeroradiography, Breast
Breast Xeroradiography
Xeromammography


Periodontal Guided Tissue Regeneration
Regeneration, Periodontal Guided Tissue
Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal
Guided Periodontal Tissue Regeneration

Techniques for enhancing and directing cell growth to repopulate specific parts of the PERIODONTIUM that have been damaged by PERIODONTAL DISEASES; TOOTH DISEASES; or TRAUMA, or to correct TOOTH ABNORMALITIES. Repopulation and repair is achieved by guiding the progenitor cells to reproduce in the desired location by blocking contact with surrounding tissue by use of membranes composed of synthetic or natural material that may include growth inducing factors as well.


Zinc Finger E-box Binding Homeobox 2 Protein

A transcription factor that consists of 8 CYS2-HIS2 ZINC FINGERS flanking a central HOMEOBOX. It binds to the 5'-CACCT-3' DNA sequence located within E-BOX ELEMENTS of many genes essential for embryonic growth and development and regulates their activity; it represses transcription of the E-CADHERIN gene. Mutations in the ZEB2 gene are associated with MOWAT-WILSON SYNDROME.


Thyroid Hormone Receptor Associated Protein 220

Mediator of RNA Polymerase II Transcription Subunit 1

TRIP2 (Thyroid Receptor Interacting Protein 2)

Vitamin D Receptor-Interacting Protein Complex Component DRIP205

Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Binding Protein

A mediator complex subunit that is believed to play a key role in the coactivation of nuclear receptor-activated transcription by the mediator complex. It interacts with a variety of nuclear receptors including RETINOIC ACID RECEPTORS; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS; VITAMIN D RECEPTORS; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR-ACTIVATED RECEPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTORS; and GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTORS.


Paired Box Protein Pax-2
Transcription Factor PAX2
PAX2 Transcription Factor
Paired Box Transcription Factor 2
Paired Box Gene 2 Protein

A paired box transcription factor that is essential for ORGANOGENESIS of the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM and KIDNEY.


Cyclin T3
Type T Cyclins
Cyclin T2
Type T Cyclin
Cyclin T1
Cyclin T

A cyclin subtype that is found associated with CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 9. Unlike traditional cyclins, which regulate the CELL CYCLE, type T cyclins appear to regulate transcription and are components of positive transcriptional elongation factor B.


4D CT Scan
4D CT
Four-Dimensional CT
Four-Dimensional CT Scan
Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography
4D Computed Tomography
4D CAT Scan
Four-Dimensional CAT Scan

Three-dimensional computed tomographic imaging with the added dimension of time, to follow motion during imaging.


Amniotomy
Artificial Rupture of Membranes

A method of inducing labor by deliberate rupture of the AMNION to cause the release of amniotic fluid.


Galectin-1
Galectin 1
L1-Lac Lectin
Galaptin
LGALS1
Galactoside-Binding Lectin 1
L-14 Lectin

A galectin found abundantly in smooth muscle (MUSCLE, SMOOTH) and SKELETAL MUSCLE and many other tissues. It occurs as a homodimer with two 14-kDa subunits.


Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Foot and Mouth Disease

A highly infectious disease caused by FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS that affects mammals of the ARTIODACTYLA order (CATTLE; SHEEP; GOATS; and PIGS) and is characterized by high fever followed by the appearance of blisters inside the mouth and on the feet.


Sulfur-sulfur bond isomerases that catalyze the rearrangement of disulfide bonds within proteins during folding. Specific protein disulfide-isomerase isoenzymes also occur as subunits of PROCOLLAGEN-PROLINE DIOXYGENASE.


Ethyl Mercury Chloride
Chloroethylmercury
Ceresan
Ethylmercuric Chloride
Ethylmercury Chloride
Granosan

A highly toxic compound used as a fungicide for treating seeds.


An alkylating carcinogen that produces gastrointestinal and probably lung and nervous system tumors.


The use of multiple drugs administered to the same patient, most commonly seen in elderly patients. It includes also the administration of excessive medication. Since in the United States most drugs are dispensed as single-agent formulations, polypharmacy, though using many drugs administered to the same patient, must be differentiated from DRUG COMBINATIONS, single preparations containing two or more drugs as a fixed dose, and from DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION, two or more drugs administered separately for a combined effect. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)


Peritoneal Dialysis, Continuous Ambulatory

Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis

Portable peritoneal dialysis using the continuous (24 hours a day, 7 days a week) presence of peritoneal dialysis solution in the peritoneal cavity except for periods of drainage and instillation of fresh solution.


The CARPAL BONES; METACARPAL BONES; and FINGER PHALANGES. In each hand there are eight carpal bones, five metacarpal bones, and 14 phalanges.


Autism Spectrum Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorders

Wide continuum of associated cognitive and neurobehavioral disorders, including, but not limited to, three core-defining features: impairments in socialization, impairments in verbal and nonverbal communication, and restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviors. (from DSM-V)


Phytohemagglutinins
Lectins, Kidney Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris Lectins
Kidney Bean Lectins

Mucoproteins isolated from the kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris); some of them are mitogenic to lymphocytes, others agglutinate all or certain types of erythrocytes or lymphocytes. They are used mainly in the study of immune mechanisms and in cell culture.


Bazzania Liverworts Hepatophyta Marchantiae Jungermanniae


The phase of cell nucleus division following PROPHASE, when the breakdown of the NUCLEAR ENVELOPE occurs and the MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS enters the nuclear region and attaches to the KINETOCHORES.


DPT Vaccine
DTwP Vaccine
Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus Vaccine
Di-Te-Per Vaccine
DTP Vaccine
Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis Vaccine

A vaccine consisting of DIPHTHERIA TOXOID; TETANUS TOXOID; and whole-cell PERTUSSIS VACCINE. The vaccine protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and whooping cough.


DNA-binding motifs, first described in one of the HMGA PROTEINS: HMG-I(Y) PROTEIN. They consist of positively charged sequences of nine amino acids centered on the invariant tripeptide glycine-arginine-proline. They act to fasten the protein to an AT RICH SEQUENCE in the DNA.


Receptors, Endothelium-Derived Vasoconstrictor Factor

Endothelium Derived Vasoconstrictor Factor Receptors

Cell surface proteins that bind ENDOTHELINS with high affinity and trigger intracellular changes which influence the behavior of cells.


Hypothalamic Area, Anterior
Anterior Hypothalamic Area
Nucleus Anterior Hypothalami
Anterior Hypothalamic Nucleus

Loose heterogeneous collection of cells in the anterior hypothalamus, continuous rostrally with the medial and lateral PREOPTIC AREAS and caudally with the TUBER CINEREUM.


Schistosoma mansoni Infection
Schistosomiasis, Intestinal
Schistosomiasis mansoni

Schistosomiasis caused by Schistosoma mansoni. It is endemic in Africa, the Middle East, South America, and the Caribbean and affects mainly the bowel, spleen, and liver.


Platelet Transforming Growth Factor
Bone-Derived Transforming Growth Factor
TGFbeta
TGF-beta
Milk Growth Factor
Transforming Growth Factor beta

A factor synthesized in a wide variety of tissues. It acts synergistically with TGF-alpha in inducing phenotypic transformation and can also act as a negative autocrine growth factor. TGF-beta has a potential role in embryonal development, cellular differentiation, hormone secretion, and immune function. TGF-beta is found mostly as homodimer forms of separate gene products TGF-beta1, TGF-beta2 or TGF-beta3. Heterodimers composed of TGF-beta1 and 2 (TGF-beta1.2) or of TGF-beta2 and 3 (TGF-beta2.3) have been isolated. The TGF-beta proteins are synthesized as precursor proteins.


Pharmacokinetics
Kinetics, Drug
Drug Kinetics

Dynamic and kinetic mechanisms of exogenous chemical and DRUG LIBERATION; ABSORPTION; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; elimination; and DRUG TOXICITY as a function of dosage, and rate of METABOLISM. LADMER, ADME and ADMET are abbreviations for liberation, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and toxicology.


Coordination of nursing services by various nursing care personnel under the leadership of a professional nurse. The team may consist of a professional nurse, nurses' aides, and the practical nurse.


Agrichemicals
Chemicals, Agricultural
Agricultural Chemicals
Agrochemicals

Chemicals used in agriculture. These include pesticides, fumigants, fertilizers, plant hormones, steroids, antibiotics, mycotoxins, etc.


Inositol Cyclase
Inositol-1-Phosphate Synthase
Myo-Inositol-1-Phosphate Synthase
Cycloaldolase

An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of myo-inositol-1-phosphate from glucose-6-phosphate in the presence of NAD. EC 5.5.1.4.


Phenyline Dindevan Phenindione Fenilin Phenylindanedione Pindione 2-Phenyl-1,3-indandione

An indandione that has been used as an anticoagulant. Phenindione has actions similar to WARFARIN, but it is now rarely employed because of its higher incidence of severe adverse effects. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p234)


Glossopharyngeal Nerve Trauma
Ninth Cranial Nerve Injuries
Glossopharyngeal Nerve Injuries
Glossopharyngeal Nerve Transection
Injury, Cranial Nerve IX
Ninth Cranial Nerve Injury
Traumatic Ninth-Nerve Palsy
Cranial Nerve IX Injury
Glossopharyngeal Nerve Contusion
Ninth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic
Injury, Ninth Cranial Nerve
Glossopharyngeal Nerve Avulsion
Glossopharyngeal Neuropathy, Traumatic
Ninth-Nerve Trauma

Traumatic injuries to the GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE.


Emotion Regulation
Emotional Regulation
Emotion Self-Regulation
Emotional Self-Regulation

The manifestation of an emotional response by which individuals influence the intensity, duration, valence, or manifestation of their response. Emotion regulation either precedes (avoidance, interpretation) or follows an emotion (suppression, reappraisal). Emotion regulation is distinct from coping (focuses primarily on decreasing a negative emotional experience), and can include increasing or decreasing both positive and negative emotions consciously or unconsciously.


MEDPAC
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission

The Commission was created by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 under Title XVIII. It is specifically charged to review the effect of Medicare+Choice under Medicare Part C and to review payment policies under Parts A and B. It is also generally charged to evaluate the effect of prospective payment policies and their impact on health care delivery in the US. The former Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (ProPAC) and the Physician Payment Review Commission (PPRC) were merged to form MEDPAC.


Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome
Deficiency Syndrome, Leukocyte-Adhesion

Rare, autosomal recessive disorder caused by deficiency of the beta 2 integrin receptors (RECEPTORS, LEUKOCYTE-ADHESION) comprising the CD11/CD18 family of glycoproteins. The syndrome is characterized by abnormal adhesion-dependent functions, especially defective tissue emigration of neutrophils, leading to recurrent infection.


Metastasis, Neoplasm
Metastases, Neoplasm
Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastasis
Neoplasm Metastases

The transfer of a neoplasm from one organ or part of the body to another remote from the primary site.


Affinity Labeling Reagents
Affinity Labels

Analogs of those substrates or compounds which bind naturally at the active sites of proteins, enzymes, antibodies, steroids, or physiological receptors. These analogs form a stable covalent bond at the binding site, thereby acting as inhibitors of the proteins or steroids.


Computer-Assisted Radiation Therapy
Radiotherapy, Computer-Assisted
Radiation Therapy, Computer-Assisted
Computer-Assisted Radiotherapy

Computer systems or programs used in accurate computations for providing radiation dosage treatment to patients.


A type I keratin found associated with KERATIN-6 in rapidly proliferating squamous epithelial tissue. Mutations in the gene for keratin-17 have been associated with PACHYONYCHIA CONGENITA, TYPE 2.


Protein Domain
Protein Domains
Peptide Domain

Discrete protein structural units that may fold independently of the rest of the protein and have their own functions.


United States. Agency for International Development

United States Agency for International Development

An independent Federal agency established in 1961 as the focal point for economic matters affecting U.S. relations with developing countries.


Amentia
Familial Dementia
Dementia
Senile Paranoid Dementia

An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.


Personality Disorder, Compulsive
Compulsive Personality Disorder
Compulsive Personality
Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Disorder characterized by an emotionally constricted manner that is unduly conventional, serious, formal, and stingy, by preoccupation with trivial details, rules, order, organization, schedules, and lists, by stubborn insistence on having things one's own way without regard for the effects on others, by poor interpersonal relationships, and by indecisiveness due to fear of making mistakes.


Eminentia Mediana
Median Eminence
Medial Eminence

Raised area at the infundibular region of the HYPOTHALAMUS at the floor of the BRAIN, ventral to the THIRD VENTRICLE and adjacent to the ARCUATE NUCLEUS OF HYPOTHALAMUS. It contains the terminals of hypothalamic neurons and the capillary network of hypophyseal portal system, thus serving as a neuroendocrine link between the brain and the PITUITARY GLAND.


Nucleus Caudatus
Caudatus
Caudate Nucleus

Elongated gray mass of the neostriatum located adjacent to the lateral ventricle of the brain.


Sephacryl Phosphocellulose Transcription Factors

Specificity Protein Transcription Factors

A family of DNA-binding proteins that contain three ZINC FINGERS at their carboxy termini. They are transcription factors that have specificity for GC boxes.


Leishmania (Leishmania) donovani
Leishmania leishmania donovani
Leishmania donovani

A parasitic hemoflagellate of the subgenus Leishmania leishmania that infects man and animals and causes visceral leishmaniasis (LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL). The sandfly genera Phlebotomus and Lutzomyia are the vectors.


Twinning, Dizygotic
Dizygotic Twinning
Dizygous Twinning

The development of two genetically distinct EMBRYOS in a single UTERUS at the same time, from two separate OVA fertilized by two separate SPERMATOZOA.


Neoplasms, Gonadal Tissue
Gonadal Tissue Neoplasms

Neoplasms composed of tissues of the OVARY or the TESTIS, not neoplasms located in the ovaries or testes. Gonadal tissues include GERM CELLS, cells from the sex cord, and gonadal stromal cells.


Anthropology, Physical
Physical Anthropology

The comparative science dealing with the physical characteristics of humans as related to their origin, evolution, and development in the total environment.


Antigens, CD19
CD19 Antigens
CD19 Antigen
B Cell Antigen CD19

Differentiation antigens expressed on B-lymphocytes and B-cell precursors. They are involved in regulation of B-cell proliferation.


Genes, HLA Class II
Genes, Class II
MHC Class II Genes
Genes, MHC Class II
Class II Genes

Genetic loci in the vertebrate major histocompatibility complex that encode polymorphic products which control the immune response to specific antigens. The genes are found in the HLA-D region in humans and include H-2M, I-A, and I-E loci in mice.


Probable ATP-Dependent RNA Helicase DDX58

DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) Box Polypeptide 58

A DEAD-box RNA helicase that contains an N-terminal DEATH-LIKE DOMAIN, AAA+ ATPase domain, and C-terminal RNA HELICASE activity. It functions as an innate immune receptor through its recognition of viral nucleic acids. It also induces the expression of INTERFERON TYPE I and proinflammatory CYTOKINES. Its ligands include: 5'-triphosphorylated SINGLE-STRANDED RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA (dsRNA), and short dsRNA (less than 1 kb in length).


Acanthamoeba Keratitis
Keratitis, Acanthamoeba

Infection of the cornea by an ameboid protozoan which may cause corneal ulceration leading to blindness.


Sugar-Sweetened Sodas
Sweetened Beverages
Sugar-Added Beverages
Sweetened Drinks
Sugar-Sweetened Soft Drinks
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

Liquids or drinks sweetened with added sugars of various forms.


A family of F-box domain proteins that contain sequences that are homologous to the beta subunit of transducin (BETA-TRANSDUCIN). They play an important role in the protein degradation pathway by becoming components of SKP CULLIN F-BOX PROTEIN LIGASES, which selectively act on a subset of proteins including beta-catenin and IkappaBbeta.


Trazodon Hexal
Novo-Trazodone
Deprax
Trazodone Hydrochloride
Ratio-Trazodone
Trazon
Apo-Trazodone
Nu-Trazodone
Molipaxin
AF-1161
Desyrel
Thombran
PMS-Trazodone
Trittico
Trazodon-Neuraxpharm
Trazodone
Gen-Trazodone
Tradozone

A serotonin uptake inhibitor that is used as an antidepressive agent. It has been shown to be effective in patients with major depressive disorders and other subsets of depressive disorders. It is generally more useful in depressive disorders associated with insomnia and anxiety. This drug does not aggravate psychotic symptoms in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p309)


Immunoscintigraphy, Radiolabelled
Immunoscintigraphy, Radiolabeled
Radiolabeled Immunoscintigraphy
Radioimmunoimaging
Radiolabelled Immunoscintigraphy
Radioimmunodetection
Radioimmunoscintigraphy

Use of radiolabeled antibodies for diagnostic imaging of neoplasms. Antitumor antibodies are labeled with diverse radionuclides including iodine-131, iodine-123, indium-111, or technetium-99m and injected into the patient. Images are obtained by a scintillation camera.


Carbonylation, Protein
Carbonylated Protein Formation
Protein Carbonyl Formation
Protein Carbonylation

The appearance of carbonyl groups (such as aldehyde or ketone groups) in PROTEINS as the result of several oxidative modification reactions. It is a standard marker for OXIDATIVE STRESS. Carbonylated proteins tend to be more hydrophobic and resistant to proteolysis.


Denture, Partial, Removable
Removable Partial Denture

A partial denture designed and constructed to be removed readily from the mouth.


Seasonal Mood Disorder
Seasonal Affective Disorders
Seasonal Affective Disorder

A syndrome characterized by depressions that recur annually at the same time each year, usually during the winter months. Other symptoms include anxiety, irritability, decreased energy, increased appetite (carbohydrate cravings), increased duration of sleep, and weight gain. SAD (seasonal affective disorder) can be treated by daily exposure to bright artificial lights (PHOTOTHERAPY), during the season of recurrence.


Callimico
Marmosets, Goeldi's
Callimiconinae
Goeldi's Monkey

An endangered species found only in the upper Amazon rainforests of South America.


Iron-Responsive-Element Binding Protein 2

A multifunctional iron-sulfur protein that is both an iron regulatory protein and cytoplasmic form of aconitate hydratase. It binds to iron regulatory elements found on mRNAs involved in iron metabolism and regulates their translation. Its rate of degradation is increased in the presence of IRON.


Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
Left Ventricular Dysfunction

A condition in which the LEFT VENTRICLE of the heart was functionally impaired. This condition usually leads to HEART FAILURE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; and other cardiovascular complications. Diagnosis is made by measuring the diminished ejection fraction and a depressed level of motility of the left ventricular wall.


T-Cell Immunoglobulin and Mucin Domain-Containing Protein 1

An Ig domain-containing membrane receptor for HEPATITIS A VIRUS; EBOLA VIRUS; MARBURG VIRUS; and DENGUE VIRUS. It may also function to modulate ASTHMA and HYPERSENSITIVITY.


The flattened and/or expanded “tendon-like” dense fibrous connective tissue that connects skeletal muscles to each other or to bone.


Bloom's Syndrome
Congenital Telangiectatic Erythema
Bloom Syndrome
Bloom-Torre-Machacek Syndrome

An autosomal recessive disorder characterized by telangiectatic ERYTHEMA of the face, photosensitivity, DWARFISM and other abnormalities, and a predisposition toward developing cancer. The Bloom syndrome gene (BLM) encodes a RecQ-like DNA helicase.


The study of literature written in the Romance languages (French, Spanish, Italian, and others descended from Latin), including grammar, etymology, criticism, literary history, and language and linguistic history.


A diverse group of metabolic diseases characterized by errors in the biosynthetic pathway of HEME in the LIVER, the BONE MARROW, or both. They are classified by the deficiency of specific enzymes, the tissue site of enzyme defect, or the clinical features that include neurological (acute) or cutaneous (skin lesions). Porphyrias can be hereditary or acquired as a result of toxicity to the hepatic or erythropoietic marrow tissues.


A method for the study of certain organic compounds within cells, in situ, by measuring the light intensities of the selectively stained areas of cytoplasm. The compounds studied and their locations in the cells are made to fluoresce and are observed under a microscope.


Computer Storage Devices
Mass Storage Devices
Computer Memory Systems

Devices capable of receiving data, retaining data for an indefinite or finite period of time, and supplying data upon demand.


Clinical Trial as Topic
Clinical Trials as Topic

Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries.


Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1

A LDL-receptor related protein involved in clearance of chylomicron remnants and of activated ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS from plasma.


Echinops grijisii
Echinops Plant
Thistle, Globe

A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain a pseudoguaiane sesquiterpene. San-fang-feng is the root of E. grijisii used in DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL.


alpha-Naphthylacetate Esterase
Naphthol AS D Chloroacetate Esterase
alpha-Naphthyl Acetate Esterase
ANAE
Naphthol AS D Esterase
Naphthol AS D Acetatesterase
alpha Naphthylesterase

Hydrolytic enzyme activity used as a histocytochemical test for the presence of esterases in tissue. Substrate used is 3-hydroxy-4'-nitro-2-naphthanilide chloroacetate (naphthol AS-D).


Simple proteins characterized by their insolubility and fibrous structure. Within the body, they perform a supportive or protective function.


(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid, butyl ester, mixt. with butyl (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate

A herbicide that contains equal parts of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T), as well as traces of the contaminant 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.


Capsule Opacification
Secondary Cataract

Clouding or loss of transparency of the posterior lens capsule, usually following CATARACT extraction.


Early-Onset Periodontitis
Prepubertal Periodontitis
Periodontitis, Aggressive, 1
Periodontitis, Circumpubertal
Periodontitis, Juvenile
Aggressive Periodontitis
Periodontitis, Prepubertal
Juvenile Periodontitis
Periodontosis

A localized aggressive periodontitis, formerly called localized juvenile periodontitis. It is a destructive form of periodontitis characterized by ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS of the MOLARS and INCISORS.


Social Control, Informal
Informal Social Control

Those forms of control which are exerted in less concrete and tangible ways, as through folkways, mores, conventions, and public sentiment.


Complication, Postoperative
Postoperative Complications

Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.


Deficiency, Vitamin A
Vitamin A Deficiency

A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of VITAMIN A in the diet, characterized by NIGHT BLINDNESS and other ocular manifestations such as dryness of the conjunctiva and later of the cornea (XEROPHTHALMIA). Vitamin A deficiency is a very common problem worldwide, particularly in developing countries as a consequence of famine or shortages of vitamin A-rich foods. In the United States it is found among the urban poor, the elderly, alcoholics, and patients with malabsorption. (From Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1179)


Pharmacopoeias, Homeopathic as Topic
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeias as Topic

Works about authoritative resources describing the composition, properties, manufacture, and quality control of HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES.


Heart Atrium Appendage
Auricular Appendage
Atrium Appendage
Atrial Appendage

Ear-shaped appendage of either atrium of the heart. (Dorland, 28th ed)


Michigan Cancer Foundation 7 Cells
MCF7 Cells
MCF-7 Cells

An estrogen responsive cell line derived from a patient with metastatic human breast ADENOCARCINOMA (at the Michigan Cancer Foundation.)


Tachycardia, Ventricular
Ventricular Tachycardia

An abnormally rapid ventricular rhythm usually in excess of 150 beats per minute. It is generated within the ventricle below the BUNDLE OF HIS, either as autonomic impulse formation or reentrant impulse conduction. Depending on the etiology, onset of ventricular tachycardia can be paroxysmal (sudden) or nonparoxysmal, its wide QRS complexes can be uniform or polymorphic, and the ventricular beating may be independent of the atrial beating (AV dissociation).


Neurolinguistic Programming
Neuro-linguistic Programming

A set of models of how communication impacts and is impacted by subjective experience. Techniques are generated from these models by sequencing of various aspects of the models in order to change someone's internal representations. Neurolinguistic programming is concerned with the patterns or programming created by the interactions among the brain, language, and the body, that produce both effective and ineffective behavior.


Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channel alpha Subunits

Large-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels, alpha Subunit

The pore-forming subunits of large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. They form tetramers in CELL MEMBRANES.


Adenovirus 12 Early Region 1B 19K Protein

Proteins transcribed from the E1B region of ADENOVIRUSES which are involved in regulation of the levels of early and late viral gene expression.


A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Members contain alkenynes, daucosterol, friedelinol, conyzasaponins and other TRITERPENES.


CD53 Antigen
Antigens, CD53
Tetraspanin 25
Tetraspanin-25

A tetraspanin protein found at high levels in cells of the lymphoid-myeloid lineage. It may function in regulating the differentiation of T-LYMPHOCYTES and the activation of B-LYMPHOCYTES.


A protrusion of abdominal structures through the retaining ABDOMINAL WALL. It involves two parts: an opening in the abdominal wall, and a hernia sac consisting of PERITONEUM and abdominal contents. Abdominal hernias include groin hernia (HERNIA, FEMORAL; HERNIA, INGUINAL) and VENTRAL HERNIA.


Psychology, Religion
Religion, Psychology
Religion and Psychology
Psychology and Religion

The interrelationship of psychology and religion.


Medical Office Buildings
Office Buildings, Medical

Office and laboratory facilities constructed for the use of physicians and other health personnel.


Recklinghausen Disease of Bone
Recklinghausen's Disease of Bone
Osteitis Fibrosa Cystica

A fibrous degeneration, cyst formation, and the presence of fibrous nodules in bone, usually due to HYPERPARATHYROIDISM.


Cytidine Aminohydrolase
Cytidine Deaminase

An enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of cytidine, forming uridine. EC 3.5.4.5.


An enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of tyrosine to phenol, pyruvate, and ammonia. It is a pyridoxal phosphate protein. The enzyme also forms pyruvate from D-tyrosine, L-cysteine, S-methyl-L-cysteine, L-serine, and D-serine, although at a slower rate. EC 4.1.99.2.


Ig Somatic Hypermutation
Somatic Hypermutation, Immunoglobulin
Somatic Hypermutation, Ig
Hypermutation, Somatic, Immunoglobulin
Immunoglobulin Somatic Hypermutation

A programmed mutation process whereby changes are introduced to the nucleotide sequence of immunoglobulin gene DNA during development.


Hypothalamic Nucleus, Dorsomedial
Dorsomedial Hypothalamic Nucleus

An aggregation of cells in the middle hypothalamus dorsal to the ventromedial nucleus and bordering the THIRD VENTRICLE.


The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in water. This term is not restricted to pathogenic organisms.


Menaquinones
Vitamin K2
Vitamin K 2
Menaquinone
Vitamin K Quinone

A group of substances similar to VITAMIN K 1 which contains a ring of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinione and an isoprenoid side chain of varying number of isoprene units. In vitamin K 2, each isoprene unit contains a double bond. They are produced by bacteria including the normal intestinal flora.


Hypnotism Hypnotherapy Mesmerism Hypnosis

Therapeutic intervention in which a person is induced through clinical guidance into a hypnotic state.


Desmosomal Glycoprotein 2
Desmoglein II
Desmoglein 2

A CALCIUM-dependent adhesion molecule of DESMOSOMES that also plays a role in embryonic STEM CELL proliferation.


Solute Carrier Family 30 Member 8 Protein

A zinc efflux transporter highly expressed by ISLET CELLS of the pancreas. It functions in the accumulation of zinc in intracellular vesicles and may be involved in INSULIN maturation and storage processes. Variations in the SLC30A8 gene are associated with susceptibility to DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2.


A specific pair GROUP C CHROMSOMES of the human chromosome classification.


Service, Hospital Dental
Dental Service, Hospital
Hospital Dental Service

Hospital department providing dental care.


DNA N-glycosidase
DNA Glycosylase
Methylpurine DNA Glycosylase
DNA Glycosylases

A family of DNA repair enzymes that recognize damaged nucleotide bases and remove them by hydrolyzing the N-glycosidic bond that attaches them to the sugar backbone of the DNA molecule. The process called BASE EXCISION REPAIR can be completed by a DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE which excises the remaining RIBOSE sugar from the DNA.


Pituitary Hormones, Anterior
Adenohypophyseal Hormones

Hormones secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Structurally, they include polypeptide, protein, and glycoprotein molecules.


Acepromazine
Acetazine
Acetylpromazine
Acetopromazine
Calmivet
Vetranquil
Acepromazine Maleate
Plegicil

A phenothiazine that is used in the treatment of PSYCHOSES.


Calcium-Binding Protein, Vitamin K-Dependent

Vitamin K-dependent calcium-binding protein synthesized by OSTEOBLASTS and found primarily in BONES. Serum osteocalcin measurements provide a noninvasive specific marker of bone metabolism. The protein contains three residues of the amino acid gamma-carboxyglutamic acid (Gla), which, in the presence of CALCIUM, promotes binding to HYDROXYAPATITE and subsequent accumulation in BONE MATRIX.


Optical Tweezers
Optical Trapping
Laser Tweezers
Optical Trap

A technique that uses LASERS to trap, image, and manipulate small objects (biomolecules, supramolecular assembles, DENDRIMERS) in three dimensional space. (From Glossary of Biotechnology and Nanobiotechnology Terms, 4th ed.)


Epidermoid Cyst
Pilar Cyst
Sebaceous Cyst
Epidermal Cyst

Intradermal or subcutaneous saclike structure, the wall of which is stratified epithelium containing keratohyalin granules.


Nitrate Reductase (Reduced Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide (Phosphate))

An iron-sulfur and MOLYBDENUM containing FLAVOPROTEIN that catalyzes the oxidation of nitrite to nitrate. This enzyme can use either NAD or NADP as cofactors. It is a key enzyme that is involved in the first step of nitrate assimilation in PLANTS; FUNGI; and BACTERIA. This enzyme was formerly classified as EC 1.6.6.2.


Multiple Sebaceous Cysts
Sebaceous Cysts, Multiple
Steatocystoma Multiplex
Multiplex Steatocystoma

A disorder characterized by multiple, wide spread cutaneous cysts that often become inflamed and rupture. It is caused by the same mutations in the gene coding for KRT-17 that are causative mutations for Pachyonychia congenita, Type 2. Natal teeth involvement is sometimes associated with steatocystoma multiplex.


Blood Alcohol Level
Blood Alcohol Content
Blood Alcohol Concentration

Mass of alcohol per unit of BLOOD volume.


The posture of an individual lying face up.


Rosmarinus
Rosemary Plant
Rosmarinus officinalis

A plant genus of the LAMIACEAE family. It is known as a spice and medicinal plant.


Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3

A fibroblast growth factor receptor that regulates CHONDROCYTE growth and CELL DIFFERENTIATION. Mutations in the gene for fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 have been associated with ACHONDROPLASIA; THANATOPHORIC DYSPLASIA and NEOPLASTIC CELL TRANSFORMATION.


Lysine Acetyltransferases
K-Lysine Acetyltransferases

Acetyltransferases that can transfer an acyl group  to specific LYSINE residues within HISTONES (HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASES) and/or non-histone proteins.


Nuclease Sensitive Element Binding Protein 1

A CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein that was originally identified as interacting with Y-box PROMOTER REGIONS of MHC CLASS II GENES. It is a highly conserved transcription factor that regulates expression of a wide variety of GENES.


Leukotriene Antagonists
Antagonists, Leukotriene
Receptor Antagonists, Leukotriene
Leukotriene Receptor Antagonists

A class of drugs designed to prevent leukotriene synthesis or activity by blocking binding at the receptor level.


Lactobacillus cellobiosus
Lactobacillus fermentum

A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria associated with DENTAL CARIES.


Duplicate Publications as Topic
Duplicate Publication as Topic

Work about simultaneous or successive publishing of identical or near- identical material in two or more different sources without acknowledgment. It differs from reprinted publication in that a reprint cites sources. It differs from PLAGIARISM in that duplicate publication is the product of the same authorship while plagiarism publishes a work or parts of a work of another as one's own.


The TARSAL BONES; METATARSAL BONES; and PHALANGES OF TOES. The tarsal bones consists of seven bones: CALCANEUS; TALUS; cuboid; navicular; internal; middle; and external cuneiform bones. The five metatarsal bones are numbered one through five, running medial to lateral. There are 14 phalanges in each foot, the great toe has two while the other toes have three each.


Thyroiditis, Autoimmune
Thyroiditis, Lymphocytic
Autoimmune Thyroiditis
Thyroiditis, Lymphomatous

Inflammatory disease of the THYROID GLAND due to autoimmune responses leading to lymphocytic infiltration of the gland. It is characterized by the presence of circulating thyroid antigen-specific T-CELLS and thyroid AUTOANTIBODIES. The clinical signs can range from HYPOTHYROIDISM to THYROTOXICOSIS depending on the type of autoimmune thyroiditis.


Borrelia garinii
Borrelia burgdorferi Group
Borrelia afzelii
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato

Gram-negative helical bacteria, in the genus BORRELIA, that are the etiologic agents of LYME DISEASE. The group comprises many specific species including Borrelia afzelii, Borellia garinii, and BORRELIA BURGDORFERI proper. These spirochetes are generally transmitted by several species of ixodid ticks.


Treatment for the prevention of periodontal diseases or other dental diseases by the cleaning of the teeth in the dental office using the procedures of DENTAL SCALING and DENTAL POLISHING. The treatment may include plaque detection, removal of supra- and subgingival plaque and calculus, application of caries-preventing agents, checking of restorations and prostheses and correcting overhanging margins and proximal contours of restorations, and checking for signs of food impaction.


Technology, Food
Food Technology
Food Sciences

The application of knowledge to the food industry.


A form of GENE LIBRARY containing the complete DNA sequences present in the genome of a given organism. It contrasts with a cDNA library which contains only sequences utilized in protein coding (lacking introns).


Receptor, Transforming Growth Factor-beta Type I

Transforming Growth Factor, beta Receptor 1

Transforming Growth Factor beta Receptor I

Serine-Threonine-Protein Kinase Receptor R4

A transmembrane serine-threonine kinase that forms a heteromeric complex with TYPE II TGF-BETA RECEPTORS to bind TGF-BETA and regulate a variety of physiological and pathological processes including CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; WOUND HEALING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX production, immunosuppression and ONCOGENESIS.


The physiological renewal, repair, or replacement of tissue.


Group B Streptogramin
Streptogramin Group B
Streptogramins, Group B

A structural subclass of streptogramins. They are cyclic hexadepsipeptides with approximate molecular weight of 800 that contain a characteristic 3-hydroxy picolinoyl exocyclic component.


Roseolovirus Infections
Infections, Roseolovirus

Infection with ROSEOLOVIRUS, the most common in humans being EXANTHEMA SUBITUM, a benign disease of infants and young children.


A steroid hormone that regulates the processes of MOLTING or ecdysis in insects.


Silicone polymers which consist of silicon atoms substituted with methyl groups and linked by oxygen atoms. They comprise a series of biocompatible materials used as liquids, gels or solids; as film for artificial membranes, gels for implants, and liquids for drug vehicles; and as antifoaming agents.


Self-replicating, short, fibrous, rod-shaped organelles. Each centriole is a short cylinder containing nine pairs of peripheral microtubules, arranged so as to form the wall of the cylinder.


Immobilization Reaction, Cataleptic
Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic
Cataleptic Immobilization Reaction

An induced response to threatening stimuli characterized by the cessation of body movements, except for those that are involved with BREATHING, and the maintenance of an immobile POSTURE.


Rhodobacter capsulatus
Rhodopseudomonas capsulatus
Rhodopseudomonas capsulata

Non-pathogenic ovoid to rod-shaped bacteria that are widely distributed and found in fresh water as well as marine and hypersaline habitats.


Coarctation of the Aorta
Coarctation of Aorta Dominant
Aortic Coarctation
Coarctation of Aorta

A birth defect characterized by the narrowing of the AORTA that can be of varying degree and at any point from the transverse arch to the iliac bifurcation. Aortic coarctation causes arterial HYPERTENSION before the point of narrowing and arterial HYPOTENSION beyond the narrowed portion.


Transplantation, Cell
Cell Transplantation

Transference of cells within an individual, between individuals of the same species, or between individuals of different species.


Medical Graduate, Foreign
Medical Graduates, Foreign
Graduates, Foreign Medical
Graduate, Foreign Medical
Foreign Medical Graduate
Foreign Medical Graduates

Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they practice.


The act or practice of killing for reasons of mercy, i.e., in order to release a person or animal from incurable disease, intolerable suffering, or undignified death. (from Beauchamp and Walters, Contemporary Issues in Bioethics, 5th ed)


Hypophysectomy, Chemical
Chemical Hypophysectomy

Total or subtotal destruction of the pituitary gland by chemical injection. It is usually achieved by injection of ethyl alcohol via trans-sphenoidal cannulation under stereotaxic control. It is usually performed for the treatment of intractable pain.


Nanometer range spherical cores of particular semiconductor compounds surrounded by an ultrathin metal shell that is commonly made of gold or silver. This configuration gives the nanoshells highly tunable optical properties. They have potential in biomedicine for diagnosis and therapy.


Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter
Sodium-Phosphate Cotransporter Proteins
Sodium Phosphate Transporters
Sodium Phosphate Transporter
Sodium-Phosphate Symporters

A family of symporters that facilitate sodium-dependent membrane transport of phosphate.


GTP-binding Protein Ram
Rab27 Protein
rab27 GTP-Binding Proteins
Rab27a Protein

GTP-binding proteins associated with membranes, MELANOSOMES; LYSOSOMES; and late ENDOSOMES. They play a role in the release of cytotoxic SECRETORY GRANULES from lymphocytes and are required for granule maturation, as well as granule docking and priming at IMMUNOLOGICAL SYNAPSES.


Glukagon
Hyperglycemic-Glycogenolytic Factor
HG-Factor
Proglucagon (33-61)
Glucagon
Glucagon (1-29)

A 29-amino acid pancreatic peptide derived from proglucagon which is also the precursor of intestinal GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDES. Glucagon is secreted by PANCREATIC ALPHA CELLS and plays an important role in regulation of BLOOD GLUCOSE concentration, ketone metabolism, and several other biochemical and physiological processes. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p1511)


Calcium Release Activated Calcium Channels

Calcium Release-Activated Calcium Channels

Specialized calcium channels that localize to the ENDOPLAMSIC RETICULUM and PLASMA MEMBRANE. They contain the pore subunit ORAI1 PROTEIN which is activated by STROMAL INTERACTION MOLECULES upon intracellular calcium depletion.


Ribonucleic Acid
Non-Polyadenylated RNA
Gene Products, RNA
RNA
RNA, Non-Polyadenylated

A polynucleotide consisting essentially of chains with a repeating backbone of phosphate and ribose units to which nitrogenous bases are attached. RNA is unique among biological macromolecules in that it can encode genetic information, serve as an abundant structural component of cells, and also possesses catalytic activity. (Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)


Cranial Airocele
Pneumocephalus, Epidural
Pressure Pneumocephalus
Pneumocephalus, Tension
Pneumocephalus, Traumatic
Intracranial Gas
Cranial Pneumocyst
Pneumocephalus

Presence of air or gas within the intracranial cavity (e.g., epidural space, subdural space, intracerebral, etc.) which may result from traumatic injuries, fistulous tract formation, erosions of the skull from NEOPLASMS or infection, NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES, and other conditions.


Slit Lamp Microscopy
Slit Lamp Examination

A procedure that uses a SLIT LAMP to examine structures in the front of the EYE, such as the CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; IRIS; and AQUEOUS HUMOR.


Infection with tapeworms of the genus Hymenolepis.


Therapy, Soft Tissue
Soft Tissue Therapy

The assessment, treatment, and management of soft tissue injury or dysfunction. Therapy is designed to reduce tension and irritation in affected tissues and may include MASSAGE; muscle stretching, or direct pressure on muscles, connective tissue, and TRIGGER POINTS.


Antimalarials
Antimalarial Drugs
Antimalarial Agents
Anti-Malarials

Agents used in the treatment of malaria. They are usually classified on the basis of their action against plasmodia at different stages in their life cycle in the human. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1992, p1585)


Equipment required for engaging in a sport (such as balls, bats, rackets, skis, skates, ropes, weights) and devices for the protection of athletes during their performance (such as masks, gloves, mouth pieces).


Procedure, Minimal Surgical
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Procedures, Minimal Access Surgical
Surgical Procedure, Minimal
Surgical Procedures, Minimal Access
Minimal Surgical Procedures
Minimal Access Surgical Procedures
Procedures, Minimally Invasive Surgical
Surgical Procedures, Minimally Invasive
Procedures, Minimal Surgical
Surgical Procedures, Minimal
Minimal Surgical Procedure
Minimally Invasive Surgery

Procedures that avoid use of open, invasive surgery in favor of closed or local surgery. These generally involve use of laparoscopic devices and remote-controlled manipulation of instruments with indirect observation of the surgical field through an endoscope or similar device.


Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate Hydrogel

Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate

A network of cross-linked hydrophilic macromolecules used in biomedical applications fabricated by photopolymerization of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate. Its general formulae is C3H5C(O)(OCH2CH2)nOC(O)C3H5 where n denotes a number of average polyglycol (OCH2CH2) repeats.


A trace element with the atomic symbol B, atomic number 5, and atomic weight [10.806; 10.821]. Boron-10, an isotope of boron, is used as a neutron absorber in BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY.


Screen-Film Systems, X-Ray
Radiographic Intensifying Screens
Xray Intensifying Screens
X-Ray Film-Screen Systems
X-Ray Intensifying Screens
Screens, Radiographic Intensifying
Film-Screen Systems, X-Ray

Screens which absorb the energy in the x-ray beam that has penetrated the patient and convert this energy into a light pattern which has as nearly as possible the same information as the original x-ray beam. The more light a screen produces for a given input of x-radiation, the less x-ray exposure and thus shorter exposure time are needed to expose the film. In most film-screen systems, the film is sandwiched between two screens in a cassette so that the emulsion on each side is exposed to the light from its contiguous screen.


Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials
IPSP
Inhibitory Postsynaptic Currents

The flow of ions into or out of cells that cause INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS.


An equimolar complex of 4,4'-Dinitrocarbanilide and 2-Hydroxy-4,6-dimethylpyrimidine. A coccidiostat for poultry.


Technic, Endocrine Diagnostic
Endocrine Diagnostic Technique
Endocrine Diagnostic Technics
Diagnostic Technic, Endocrine
Diagnostic Technics, Endocrine
Techniques, Endocrine Diagnostic
Technics, Endocrine Diagnostic
Endocrine Diagnostic Techniques
Diagnostic Technique, Endocrine
Diagnostic Techniques, Endocrine
Endocrine Diagnostic Technic
Technique, Endocrine Diagnostic

Methods and procedures for the diagnosis of diseases or dysfunction of the endocrine glands or demonstration of their physiological processes.


Proteobacteria epsilon
epsilon Proteobacteria
Epsilonproteobacteria

A group of proteobacteria consisting of chemoorganotrophs usually associated with the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM of humans and animals.


A plant genus of the family VIOLACEAE. Some species in this genus are called bouncing bet which is a common name more often used with SAPONARIA OFFICINALIS. Members contain macrocyclic peptides.


The order Actiniaria, in the class ANTHOZOA, comprised of large, solitary polyps. All species are carnivorous.


Merkle Tumors
Carcinoma, Merkel Cell
Merkel Cell Carcinoma
Merkel Cell Cancer
Merkel Cell Tumor

A carcinoma arising from MERKEL CELLS located in the basal layer of the epidermis and occurring most commonly as a primary neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin. Merkel cells are tactile cells of neuroectodermal origin and histologically show neurosecretory granules. The skin of the head and neck are a common site of Merkel cell carcinoma, occurring generally in elderly patients. (Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1245)


Saccades
Saccadic Eye Movements
Pursuit, Saccadic

An abrupt voluntary shift in ocular fixation from one point to another, as occurs in reading.


mtRNA
Mitochondrial RNA
RNA, Mitochondrial

RNA molecules encoded by the MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME.


Eyelid Conditioning
Conditioning, Eyelid

Reflex closure of the eyelid occurring as a result of classical conditioning.


Fee for Service
Fee-for-Service, Medical
Fees for Service
Fee-for-Service Plans
Reimbursement, Fee-for-Service

Method of charging whereby a physician or other practitioner bills for each encounter or service rendered. In addition to physicians, other health care professionals are reimbursed via this mechanism. Fee-for-service plans contrast with salary, per capita, and prepayment systems, where the payment does not change with the number of services actually used or if none are used. (From Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976)


1-Butanol
n-Butanol
Butyl Alcohol
n-Butyl Alcohol

A four carbon linear hydrocarbon that has a hydroxy group at position 1.


Multi-Tasking Behavior
Multitasking Behavior

Simultaneous task performance, or switching between tasks in a concentrated period of time.


A segment of the LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT that includes the CECUM; the COLON; and the RECTUM.


Infections, Community-Acquired
Community-Acquired Infections

Any infection acquired in the community, that is, contrasted with those acquired in a health care facility (CROSS INFECTION). An infection would be classified as community-acquired if the patient had not recently been in a health care facility or been in contact with someone who had been recently in a health care facility.


Post Exercise Hypotension
Postexercise Hypotension
Post-Exercise Hypotension

Transient reduction in blood pressure levels immediately after exercises that lasts 2-12 hours. The reduction varies but is typically 5-20 mm Hg when compared to pre-exercise levels. It exists both in normotensive and hypertensive individuals and may play a role in excercise related PHYSIOLOGIC ADAPTATION.


Biologic Factors
Factor, Biologic
Biological Factor
Biological Factors
Biological Agents
Factors, Biological
Factor, Biological
Biologic Agents

Endogenously-synthesized compounds that influence biological processes not otherwise classified under ENZYMES; HORMONES or HORMONE ANTAGONISTS.


Computer-Assisted Instruction
Self-Instruction Programs, Computerized
Programmed Instruction, Computerized

A self-learning technique, usually online, involving interaction of the student with programmed instructional materials.


Stiff hairs projecting from the face around the nose of most mammals, acting as touch receptors.


Noninvasive Ventilation
Non Invasive Ventilation
Non-Invasive Ventilation

Techniques for administering artificial respiration without the need for INTRATRACHEAL INTUBATION.


Hidroferol
25-Hydroxycholecalciferol Monohydrate
Dedrogyl
Calcifediol
Calcifediol, (3 beta,5E,7E)-Isomer
25-Hydroxyvitamin D 3
25-Hydroxycholecalciferol
Calcifediol Anhydrous
Calderol
Calcidiol
25-Hydroxyvitamin D3
Calcifediol, (3 alpha,5Z,7E)-Isomer

The major circulating metabolite of VITAMIN D3. It is produced in the LIVER and is the best indicator of the body's vitamin D stores. It is effective in the treatment of RICKETS and OSTEOMALACIA, both in azotemic and non-azotemic patients. Calcifediol also has mineralizing properties.


Dodecenoyl-CoA delta-Isomerase
Enoyl-CoA Isomerase
delta(3), delta(2)-Enoyl-CoA Isomerase
Acetylene-Allene Isomerase
Dodecenoyl-Coenzyme A delta-Isomerase
Dodecenoyl-CoA Isomerase
3,2-trans-Enoyl-CoA Isomerase

A carbon-carbon double bond isomerase that catalyzes the movement double bond from C3 to C2 of an unsaturated acyl-CoA. The enzyme plays a key role in allowing acyl-CoA substrates to re-enter the beta-oxidation pathway.


Psychological Regression
Regression (Psychology)
Regression, Psychology

A return to earlier, especially to infantile, patterns of thought or behavior, or stage of functioning, e.g., feelings of helplessness and dependency in a patient with a serious physical illness. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 1994).


Toxoplasma gondii Infection
Infection, Toxoplasma gondii
Toxoplasmosis

The acquired form of infection by Toxoplasma gondii in animals and man.


Sea Nettle, Atlantic
Chrysaora quinquecirrha
Sea Nettle, East Coast

Species of jellyfish, in the family Pelagiidae, order Semaeostomeae, class SCYPHOZOA. Their painful sting is caused by a venom toxic to humans.


CD1d Antigen
Antigens, CD1d
Cd1d Molecule

A major histocompatibility complex class I-like protein that contains an IMMUNOGLOBULIN C1-SET DOMAIN. It plays a unique role in the presentation of lipid ANTIGENS to NATURAL KILLER T-CELLS.


Retrospective Moral Judgment
Moral Judgment, Retrospective

The application of current standards of morality to past actions, institutions, or persons.


Surgical Casts
Plastic Casts
Cast, Surgical
Surgical Cast
Casts, Surgical
Fiberglass Casts
Plaster Casts

Dressings made of fiberglass, plastic, or bandage impregnated with plaster of paris used for immobilization of various parts of the body in cases of fractures, dislocations, and infected wounds. In comparison with plaster casts, casts made of fiberglass or plastic are lightweight, radiolucent, able to withstand moisture, and less rigid.


The first enzyme of the proline degradative pathway. It catalyzes the oxidation of proline to pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid in the presence of oxygen and water. The action is not reversible. The specific activity of proline oxidase increases with age. EC 1.5.3.-.


Antibacterial, potentially toxic, used to treat certain skin diseases.


Drug-induced depression of consciousness during which patients cannot be easily aroused but respond purposely following repeated painful stimulation. The ability to independently maintain ventilatory function may be impaired. (From: American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines)


Failure to Rescue, Health Care
Failure to Rescue (Health Care)
Health Care, Failure to Rescue
Health Care, Failures to Rescue

Inability to prevent a clinical deterioration resulting from a complication of an underlying medical condition or a complication of medical care. It implies that common risk factors for such a complication were not recognized in a timely manner or treated appropriately.


An order of very small, fringed-wing INSECTS including many agricultural pests.


Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinases
GDP Kinase
Nucleoside Diphosphokinases
Deoxynucleoside Diphosphate Kinases
Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase

An enzyme that is found in mitochondria and in the soluble cytoplasm of cells. It catalyzes reversible reactions of a nucleoside triphosphate, e.g., ATP, with a nucleoside diphosphate, e.g., UDP, to form ADP and UTP. Many nucleoside diphosphates can act as acceptor, while many ribo- and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates can act as donor. EC 2.7.4.6.


Knowledge of Results (Psychology)
Knowledge of Results, Psychological
Knowledge of Results, Psychology

A principle that learning is facilitated when the learner receives immediate evaluation of learning performance. The concept also hypothesizes that learning is facilitated when the learner is promptly informed whether a response is correct, and, if incorrect, of the direction of error.


Method of tissue preparation in which the tissue specimen is frozen and then dehydrated at low temperature in a high vacuum. This method is also used for dehydrating pharmaceutical and food products.


Unstable DNA Sequence
DNA Sequence, Unstable
Unstable DNA Sequences

A region of DNA that is highly polymorphic and is prone to strand breaks, rearrangements or other MUTATIONS because of the nature of its sequence. These regions often harbor palindromic, or repetitive sequences (REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID). Variability in stability of the DNA sequence is seen at CHROMOSOME FRAGILE SITES.


Supervised or unsupervised machine learning methods that use multiple layers of data representations generated by nonlinear transformations, instead of individual task-specific ALGORITHMS, to build and train neural network models.


Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Tumour Lysis Syndrome

A syndrome resulting from cytotoxic therapy, occurring generally in aggressive, rapidly proliferating lymphoproliferative disorders. It is characterized by combinations of hyperuricemia, lactic acidosis, hyperkalemia, hyperphosphatemia and hypocalcemia.


alpha-Crystallins
alpha-Crystallin
Crystallins, alpha

A subclass of crystallins that provides the majority of refractive power and translucency to the lens (LENS, CRYSTALLINE) in VERTEBRATES. Alpha-crystallins also act as molecular chaperones that bind to denatured proteins, keep them in solution and thereby maintain the translucency of the lens. The proteins exist as large oligomers that are formed from ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN and ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN subunits.


A type I keratin found associated with KERATIN-7 in ductal epithelia and gastrointestinal epithelia.


von Ebner's Glands
von Ebner Glands
von Ebner's Gland

Small tubulo-alveolar salivary glands located beneath the circumvallate and foliate papillae.


Complement C5 Convertase, Alternative Pathway

A serine protease that cleaves multiple COMPLEMENT C5 into COMPLEMENT C5A (anaphylatoxin) and COMPLEMENT C5B in the ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION PATHWAY. It is the complex of ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY C3 CONVERTASE (C3bBb) with an additional COMPLEMENT C3B, or C3bBb3b.


CD11 Antigen
Antigens, CD11
CD11 Antigens

A group of three different integrin alpha chains (CD11a, CD11b, CD11c) that are associated with an invariant integrin beta-2 chain (CD18 ANTIGENS). The three resulting leukocyte-adhesion molecules (RECEPTORS, LEUKOCYTE ADHESION) are LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION-ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN-1; MACROPHAGE-1 ANTIGEN; and ANTIGEN, P150,95.


Neoplasm Stem Cell Assay
Colony Forming Units Assay, Tumor
Stem Cell Assay, Tumor
Clonogenic Cell Assay, Tumor
Colony-Forming Units Assay, Tumor
Tumor Stem Cell Assay

A cytologic technique for measuring the functional capacity of tumor stem cells by assaying their activity. It is used primarily for the in vitro testing of antineoplastic agents.


Necrotizing Enterocolitis
Enterocolitis, Necrotizing

ENTEROCOLITIS with extensive ulceration (ULCER) and NECROSIS. It is observed primarily in LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANT.


Tetraspanin 30
Melanoma Antigen ME491
CD63 Antigen
Platelet Glycoprotein 40 kDa
Antigens, CD63
Granulophysin
LIMP-CD63
Pltgp40

Ubiquitously-expressed tetraspanin protein that is found in late ENDOSOMES and LYSOSOMES. It functions in intracellular protein transport and signaling.


Organic compounds which contain P-C-P bonds, where P stands for phosphonates or phosphonic acids. These compounds affect calcium metabolism. They inhibit ectopic calcification and slow down bone resorption and bone turnover. Technetium complexes of diphosphonates have been used successfully as bone scanning agents.


Insomnia, Fatal Familial
Familial Fatal Insomnia
Insomnia Familial Fatal
Fatal Familial Insomnia

An autosomal dominant disorder characterized by degeneration of the THALAMUS and progressive insomnia. It is caused by a mutation in the prion protein (PRIONS).


delta-9 Desaturase
Stearyl-CoA Desaturase
Stearate Desaturase
Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase

An enzyme that catalyzes the formation of oleoyl-CoA, A, and water from stearoyl-CoA, AH2, and oxygen where AH2 is an unspecified hydrogen donor.


Lower Gastrointestinal Tract
Lower GI Tract

The segment of GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT that includes the small intestine below the DUODENUM, and the LARGE INTESTINE.


Mate, Yerba
Ilex paraguariensis
Yerba Mate

A plant species of the family AQUIFOLIACEAE. An infusion of the leaves is commonly drunk in South America for stimulating effect in much the same manner as coffee is in other cultures.


Biological Sciences
Biological Science
Biologic Sciences
Science, Biological
Sciences, Biological
Life Sciences
Biological Science Disciplines

All of the divisions of the natural sciences dealing with the various aspects of the phenomena of life and vital processes. The concept includes anatomy and physiology, biochemistry and biophysics, and the biology of animals, plants, and microorganisms. It should be differentiated from BIOLOGY, one of its subdivisions, concerned specifically with the origin and life processes of living organisms.


Psychoanalytic theory focusing on interpretation of behavior in reference to self. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Terms, 1994) This elaboration of the psychoanalytic concepts of narcissism and the self, was developed by Heinz Kohut, and stresses the importance of the self-awareness of excessive needs for approval and self-gratification.


A heterogeneous, immature population of myeloid cells that can suppress the activity of T-CELLS and NATURAL KILLER CELLS in the INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE and ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE. They play important roles in ONCOGENESIS; INFLAMMATION; and INFECTION.


X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein
X-Linked IAP Protein
XIAP Protein

An inhibitor of apoptosis protein that is translated by a rare cap-independent mechanism. It blocks caspase-mediated cellular destruction by inhibiting CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; and CASPASE 9.


Pelvic Floor Diseases
Pelvic Floor Disorders

Injury, weakening, or PROLAPSE of the pelvic muscles, surrounding connective tissues or ligaments (PELVIC FLOOR).


PHI Peptide
Peptide PHI-27
PHM-27
Peptide Histidine Methionine
Pro-Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide
Peptide PHI
Porcine Intestinal Heptacosapeptide
Peptide Histidine-Isoleucine
Peptide-Histidine-Isoleucinamide
Neuropeptide PHI 27
PHM Neuropeptide
Peptide PHM
Human PHI
Peptide HI

A 27-amino acid peptide with histidine at the N-terminal and isoleucine amide at the C-terminal. The exact amino acid composition of the peptide is species dependent. The peptide is secreted in the intestine, but is found in the nervous system, many organs, and in the majority of peripheral tissues. It has a wide range of biological actions, affecting the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, and central nervous systems.


Regulators, Insect Growth
Insect Growth Regulators
Juvenile Hormones
Growth Regulators, Insect

Compounds, either natural or synthetic, which block development of the growing insect.


A phosphoric diester hydrolase that removes 5'-nucleotides from the 3'-hydroxy termini of 3'-hydroxy-terminated OLIGONUCLEOTIDES. It has low activity towards POLYNUCLEOTIDES and the presence of 3'-phosphate terminus on the substrate may inhibit hydrolysis.


Nourseothricin Racemomycins Yazumycins Streptothricin Streptothricins

A group of antibiotic aminoglycosides differing only in the number of repeating residues in the peptide side chain. They are produced by Streptomyces and Actinomyces and may have broad spectrum antimicrobial and some antiviral properties.


Cell Division Protein Kinase 8
Cdk8 Protein Kinase
Cdk8 Cyclin-Dependent Kinase
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8

A CYCLIN C dependent kinase that is an important component of the mediator complex. The enzyme is activated by its interaction with CYCLIN C and plays a role in transcriptional regulation by phosphorylating RNA POLYMERASE II.


Drug Resistance, Fungal
Antibiotic Resistance, Fungal
Antifungal Drug Resistance

The ability of fungi to resist or to become tolerant to chemotherapeutic agents, antifungal agents, or antibiotics. This resistance may be acquired through gene mutation.


Proton Beam Radiation Therapy
Proton Beam Therapy
Proton Therapy

The use of an external beam of PROTONS as radiotherapy.


Inorganic Sulfates
Sulfates, Inorganic
Sulfates


Argipressin
Vasopressin, Arginine
Argipressin Tannate
Arginine Vasopressin
Arg-Vasopressin

The predominant form of mammalian antidiuretic hormone. It is a nonapeptide containing an ARGININE at residue 8 and two disulfide-linked cysteines at residues of 1 and 6. Arg-vasopressin is used to treat DIABETES INSIPIDUS or to improve vasomotor tone and BLOOD PRESSURE.


Microspora Infections
Microsporidiosis
Infections, Microspora
Microsporidia Infection

Infections with FUNGI of the phylum MICROSPORIDIA.


The main structural proteins of CAVEOLAE. Several distinct genes for caveolins have been identified.


Nasal Septal Perforation
Nasal Septum Perforation

An opening or hole in the NASAL SEPTUM that is caused by TRAUMA, injury, drug use, or pathological process.


Therapy, Occupational
Occupational Therapy

Skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. It assists in the development of skills needed for independent living.


KAI1 Protein
Kangai-1 Protein
Antigens, CD82
CD82 Antigen

A widely expressed transmembrane glycoprotein that functions as a METASTASIS suppressor protein. It is underexpressed in a variety of human NEOPLASMS.


Taurine Zinc Salt (2:1)
Taurine Hydrochloride
Tauphon
Taurine, Monopotassium Salt
Taufon
Taurine

A conditionally essential nutrient, important during mammalian development. It is present in milk but is isolated mostly from ox bile and strongly conjugates bile acids.


Rhinopharynx Nasopharynges Choanae Rhinopharynxes Nasopharynxes Rhinopharynges Nasopharynx

Two openings between the nose and the nasopharynx.


A subclass of myosins originally found in the photoreceptor of DROSOPHILA. The heavy chains can occur as two alternatively spliced isoforms of 132 and 174 KDa. The amino terminal of myosin type III is highly unusual in that it contains a protein kinase domain which may be an important component of the visual process.


Capacity that enables an individual to cope with and/or recover from the impact of a neural injury or a psychotic episode.


Antilipemic Drugs
Hypolipidemic Drugs
Antihyperlipemics
Antilipemic Agents
Antilipemics
Antihyperlipidemics
Hypolipidemic Agents

Substances that lower the levels of certain LIPIDS in the BLOOD. They are used to treat HYPERLIPIDEMIAS.


Common name for Carassius auratus, a type of carp (CARPS).


Aujeszky's Disease
Pseudorabies
Aujeszky Disease

A highly contagious herpesvirus infection affecting the central nervous system of swine, cattle, dogs, cats, rats, and other animals.


Erucic Acids
Docosenoic Acids
Brassidic Acids

cis-13-Docosenoic Acids. 22-Carbon monounsaturated, monocarboxylic acids.


An NADP-dependent oxidoreductase that catalyses the conversion of 5,10-methyleneterahydrofolate to 5,10-methenyl-tetrahydrofolate. In higher eukaryotes a trifunctional enzyme exists with additional METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE and FORMATE-TETRAHYDROFOLATE LIGASE activity. The enzyme plays an important role in the synthesis of 5-methyltetrahydrofolate, the methyl donor for the VITAMIN B12-dependent remethylation of HOMOCYSTEINE to METHIONINE via METHIONINE SYNTHETASE.


Diverticulum, Esophageal
Esophageal Diverticulum
Diverticula, Esophageal
Esophageal Diverticula

Saccular protrusion beyond the wall of the ESOPHAGUS.


Neoplasms, Experimental
Experimental Neoplasms

Experimentally induced new abnormal growth of TISSUES in animals to provide models for studying human neoplasms.


Skin Diseases, Vascular
Vascular Skin Diseases

Skin diseases affecting or involving the cutaneous blood vessels and generally manifested as inflammation, swelling, erythema, or necrosis in the affected area.


Urea Cycle Disorder, Arginino Succinase Type

Inborn Error of Urea Synthesis, Arginino Succinic Type

Rare autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle which leads to the accumulation of argininosuccinic acid in body fluids and severe HYPERAMMONEMIA. Clinical features of the neonatal onset of the disorder include poor feeding, vomiting, lethargy, seizures, tachypnea, coma, and death. Later onset results in milder set of clinical features including vomiting, failure to thrive, irritability, behavioral problems, or psychomotor retardation. Mutations in the ARGININOSUCCINATE LYASE gene cause the disorder.


EphA3 Protein
Eph Receptor Cek4
Cek4 Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinase
Receptor, EphA3
EphA3 Receptor
Cek4 Eph Receptor

An eph family receptor that is found primarily in adult BRAIN and variety of tissues in the developing embryo tissues. During embryonic development high levels of EphA3 receptor expression is seen in the nervous system and coincides with neuronal cell migration, suggesting a role for this protein in axonal pathfinding.


Congenital abnormality where one, instead of the usual two, UMBILICAL ARTERY connects the fetus to the placenta.


Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia

An interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, occurring between 21-80 years of age. It is characterized by a dramatic onset of a "pneumonia-like" illness with cough, fever, malaise, fatigue, and weight loss. Pathological features include prominent interstitial inflammation without collagen fibrosis, diffuse fibroblastic foci, and no microscopic honeycomb change. There is excessive proliferation of granulation tissue within small airways and alveolar ducts.


Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus

Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type III

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Virus

Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type III

Human immunodeficiency virus. A non-taxonomic and historical term referring to any of two species, specifically HIV-1 and/or HIV-2. Prior to 1986, this was called human T-lymphotropic virus type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV). From 1986-1990, it was an official species called HIV. Since 1991, HIV was no longer considered an official species name; the two species were designated HIV-1 and HIV-2.


Solitary or multiple collections of PUS within the liver as a result of infection by bacteria, protozoa, or other agents.


Maternal-Child Health Services
Health Services, Maternal-Child

Programs organized for the purpose of providing medical and social services for mothers and children.


HIV Cell Fusion Inhibitors
HIV Entry Inhibitors
HIV Fusion Inhibitors
HIV Fusion Protein Inhibitors
Fusion Inhibitors, HIV

Inhibitors of the fusion of HIV to host cells, preventing viral entry. This includes compounds that block attachment of HIV ENVELOPE PROTEIN GP120 to CD4 RECEPTORS.


Cardioskeletal Myopathy with Neutropenia and Abnormal Mitochondria

Rare congenital X-linked disorder of lipid metabolism. Barth syndrome is transmitted in an X-linked recessive pattern. The syndrome is characterized by muscular weakness, growth retardation, DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY, variable NEUTROPENIA, 3-methylglutaconic aciduria (type II) and decreases in mitochondrial CARDIOLIPIN level. Other biochemical and morphological mitochondrial abnormalities also exist.


Financing of medical care provided to public assistance recipients.


Class II Major Histocompatibility Molecules

Class II Major Histocompatibility Antigens

Large, transmembrane, non-covalently linked glycoproteins (alpha and beta). Both chains can be polymorphic although there is more structural variation in the beta chains. The class II antigens in humans are called HLA-D ANTIGENS and are coded by a gene on chromosome 6. In mice, two genes named IA and IE on chromosome 17 code for the H-2 antigens. The antigens are found on B-lymphocytes, macrophages, epidermal cells, and sperm and are thought to mediate the competence of and cellular cooperation in the immune response. The term IA antigens used to refer only to the proteins encoded by the IA genes in the mouse, but is now used as a generic term for any class II histocompatibility antigen.


Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal
Pancreatic Duct Cell Carcinoma
Duct-Cell Carcinoma, Pancreas
Duct-Cell Carcinoma of the Pancreas
Carcinoma, Ductal, Pancreatic
Pancreatic Ductal Carcinoma
Ductal Carcinoma of the Pancreas

Carcinoma that arises from the PANCREATIC DUCTS. It accounts for the majority of cancers derived from the PANCREAS.


A specific pair of human chromosomes in group A (CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, 1-3) of the human chromosome classification.


Synchronous Neoplasms
Synchronous Multiple Primary Neoplasms
Multiple Primary Neoplasms
Multiple Primary Neoplasms, Synchronous
Neoplasms, Synchronous
Neoplasms, Synchronous Multiple Primary
Neoplasms, Multiple Primary

Two or more abnormal growths of tissue occurring simultaneously and presumed to be of separate origin. The neoplasms may be histologically the same or different, and may be found in the same or different sites.


Lipoprotein HDL3
HDL3 Lipoprotein
High Density Lipoprotein HDL3
Lipoproteins, HDL3
High Density Lipoprotein-3
HDL-3

Intermediate-density subclass of the high-density lipoproteins, with particle sizes between 7 to 8 nm. As the larger lighter HDL2 lipoprotein, HDL3 lipoprotein is lipid-rich.


Medical Decision-Making
Clinical Decision-Making

Process of formulating a diagnosis based on medical history and physical or mental examinations, and/or choosing an appropriate intervention.


Eczematous Disorders
Eczematous Skin Diseases
Skin Diseases, Eczematous

Any of a variety of eruptive skin disorders characterized by erythema, oozing, vesiculation, and scaling. Etiology is varied.


Spatiotemporal Analysis
Spatio-Temporal Analysis
Spatial Temporal Analysis
Space-Time Geography

The study of spatial location of entities over time.


Organizations, Management Service
Management Service Organizations

Voluntarily-formed groups of healthcare professionals who join for common management services and other benefits such as collective bargaining agreements with reimbursement agents. The physical assets of a practice are controlled by the MSO which also provides billing, collections, and similar services. The practitioner retains control of patient records and management of patient care.


An enzyme that hydrolyzes iduronosidic linkages in desulfated dermatan. Deficiency of this enzyme produces Hurler's syndrome. EC 3.2.1.76.


Female Athlete Triad
Female Athlete Triad Syndrome

A condition of competitive female athletes in which there are interrelated problems of feeding and eating disorders; AMENORRHEA; and OSTEOPOROSIS.


A group of rare, idiopathic, congenital retinal vascular anomalies affecting the retinal capillaries. It is characterized by dilation and tortuosity of retinal vessels and formation of multiple aneurysms, with different degrees of leakage and exudates emanating from the blood vessels.


The process in which specialized SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS transduce peripheral stimuli (physical or chemical) into NERVE IMPULSES which are then transmitted to the various sensory centers in the CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.


Immunosuppressed Host
Immunocompromised Patient
Immunocompromised Host

A human or animal whose immunologic mechanism is deficient because of an immunodeficiency disorder or other disease or as the result of the administration of immunosuppressive drugs or radiation.


Promotional Items
Wellness Programs
Health Campaigns
Promotion of Health
Health Promotion

Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.


Animals used or intended for use in research, testing, or teaching.


Earth Tides
Tidal Waves
Tidalwaves
Ocean Tides

Water waves caused by the gravitational interactions between the EARTH; MOON; and SUN.


Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 4

Tumor Necrosis Factor (Ligand) Superfamily, Member 4

A membrane-bound tumor necrosis family member that is expressed on activated antigen-presenting cells such as B-LYMPHOCYTES and MACROPHAGES. It signals T-LYMPHOCYTES by binding the OX40 RECEPTOR.


Tromexan
Ethyldicoumarol
Carbethoxydicoumarol
Pelentan
Ethyl Biscoumacetate

A coumarin that is used as an anticoagulant. It has actions similar to those of WARFARIN. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p226)


Rickettsiosis
Rickettsia Infections
Rickettsial Diseases
Infections, Rickettsia


Paraneoplastic Limbic Encephalitis
Limbic Encephalitis
Encephalitis, Limbic

A paraneoplastic syndrome marked by degeneration of neurons in the LIMBIC SYSTEM. Clinical features include HALLUCINATIONS, loss of EPISODIC MEMORY; ANOSMIA; AGEUSIA; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; DEMENTIA; and affective disturbance (depression). Circulating anti-neuronal antibodies (e.g., anti-Hu; anti-Yo; anti-Ri; and anti-Ma2) and small cell lung carcinomas or testicular carcinoma are frequently associated with this syndrome.


Bradykininase
Anaphylatoxin Inactivator
Carboxypeptidase N
Kininase I
Lysine Carboxypeptidase

A metallocarboxypeptidase that removes C-terminal basic amino acid from peptides and proteins, with preference shown for lysine over arginine. It is a plasma zinc enzyme that inactivates bradykinin and anaphylatoxins.


Brimonidine Tartrate, Timolol Maleate Drug Combination

Brimonidine Tartrate-Timolol Maleate Drug Combination

A pharmaceutical preparation of brimonidine tartrate and timolol maleate. The combined ADRENERGIC ALPHA2 RECEPTOR AGONIST and ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONIST activity of these drugs reduce INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE in GLAUCOMA patients.


An unusual and aggressive tumor of germ-cell origin that reproduces the extraembryonic structures of the early embryo. It is the most common malignant germ cell tumor found in children. It is characterized by a labyrinthine glandular pattern of flat epithelial cells and rounded papillary processes with a central capillary (Schiller-Duval body). The tumor is rarely bilateral. Before the use of combination chemotherapy, the tumor was almost invariably fatal. (From DeVita Jr et al., Cancer: Principles & Practice of Oncology, 3d ed, p1189)


Disorder caused by an interruption of the mineralization of organic bone matrix leading to bone softening, bone pain, and weakness. It is the adult form of rickets resulting from disruption of VITAMIN D; PHOSPHORUS; or CALCIUM homeostasis.


Gene Arrangement
Gene Position
Gene Order

The sequential location of genes on a chromosome.


Enterococcus faecalis
Streptococcus faecalis
Streptococcus Group D

A species of gram-positive, coccoid bacteria commonly isolated from clinical specimens and the human intestinal tract. Most strains are nonhemolytic.


Phenylcarbamides
Phenylurea Derivatives
Phenylurea Compounds

Compounds that include the amino-N-phenylamide structure.


Acetoin
3H-2B butanone
3-hydroxy-2-butanone
Acetylmethylcarbinol

A product of fermentation. It is a component of the butanediol cycle in microorganisms. In mammals it is oxidized to carbon dioxide.


Tetherin
Antigens, CD317
Antigen, CD317
Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Antigen 2
CD317 Antigen
Bone Marrow Stromal Antigen 2

A GPI-linked membrane glycoprotein and antiviral factor that functions as a homodimer. It is induced by INTERFERON-GAMMA and blocks the release of enveloped mammalian viruses by directly tethering nascent VIRAL PARTICLES to the membranes of infected cells.


Specialized membrane glycoproteins that are found on UROTHELIUM cells. They associate into a hexagonal array of 16-nm cell surface particles which form the asymmetric unit membrane of urothelial plaques.


Crystalline saturated MONOTERPENES, precursors of borneols and CAMPHENE.


21-Amino-acid peptides produced by vascular endothelial cells and functioning as potent vasoconstrictors. The endothelin family consists of three members, ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELIN-2; and ENDOTHELIN-3. All three peptides contain 21 amino acids, but vary in amino acid composition. The three peptides produce vasoconstrictor and pressor responses in various parts of the body. However, the quantitative profiles of the pharmacological activities are considerably different among the three isopeptides.


Tobacco Necrosis Virus Satellite
Satellite Tobacco Necrosis Virus
Tobacco necrosis satellite virus

An icosahedral RNA satellite virus which requires an obligatory Tobacco necrosis virus (see NECROVIRUS) for its replication.


CI-52040
Toluidine Blue O
Toluidine Blue
Tolonium Chloride

A phenothiazine that has been used as a hemostatic, a biological stain, and a dye for wool and silk. Tolonium chloride has also been used as a diagnostic aid for oral and gastric neoplasms and in the identification of the parathyroid gland in thyroid surgery.


Activin Receptors, Type II
Activin Receptors Type II
Activin Receptor Like Kinases, Type II

One of the two types of ACTIVIN RECEPTORS. They are membrane protein kinases belonging to the family of PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES. The major type II activin receptors are ActR-IIA and ActR-IIB.


Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Activation-Induced Cytokine

Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappaB Ligand

Tumor Necrosis Factor Ligand Superfamily Member 11

Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B Ligand

A transmembrane protein belonging to the tumor necrosis factor superfamily that specifically binds RECEPTOR ACTIVATOR OF NUCLEAR FACTOR-KAPPA B and OSTEOPROTEGERIN. It plays an important role in regulating OSTEOCLAST differentiation and activation.


Vaccine Stability
Vaccine Potency
Potency of Vaccine

The relationship between an elicited ADAPTIVE IMMUNE RESPONSE and the dose of the vaccine administered.


A MARVEL domain protein that binds to and regulates PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1. Occludin plays an important role in the formation and regulation of the TIGHT JUNCTION paracellular permeability barrier.


Arteries, Pulmonary
Artery, Pulmonary
Pulmonary Artery
Pulmonary Arteries

The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs.


Ectopic Junctional Tachycardia
Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia
Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional

A rare form of supraventricular tachycardia caused by automatic, not reentrant, conduction initiated from sites at the atrioventricular junction, but not the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE. It usually occurs during myocardial infarction, after heart surgery, or in digitalis intoxication with a HEART RATE ranging from 140 to 250 beats per minute.


Branched Chain Alpha-Keto Acid Decarboxylase

A ketone oxidoreductase that catalyzes the overall conversion of alpha-keto acids to ACYL-CoA and CO2. The enzyme requires THIAMINE DIPHOSPHATE as a cofactor. Defects in genes that code for subunits of the enzyme are a cause of MAPLE SYRUP URINE DISEASE. The enzyme was formerly classified as EC 1.2.4.3.


Secretoglobin Family 2A Member 2
Mammaglobin 1
Mammaglobin A
Mammaglobin-A

A secretoglobin that is produced by the MAMMARY GLAND of HUMANS and may be involved in the binding of ANDROGENS and other STEROIDS. The expression of this protein in normal breast epithelium and in human breast cancer has made it an important histological marker.


Hepatic Glycogen Phosphorylase Deficiency

A hepatic GLYCOGEN STORAGE DISEASE in which there is an apparent deficiency of hepatic phosphorylase (GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE, LIVER FORM) activity.


Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1
SERPINE1 Protein
PAI-1
Serpin E1
Type 1 Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor

A member of the serpin family of proteins. It inhibits both the tissue-type and urokinase-type plasminogen activators.


Unsaturated androstanes which are substituted with one or more hydroxyl groups in any position in the ring system.


Killifishes Cyprinodon Cyprinodontidae Pupfishes


A homolog of ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN that plays a role in neurofilament network integrity. It is overexpressed in a variety of human NEOPLASMS and may be involved in modulating AXON architecture during EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT and in the adult. Gamma-Synuclein may also activate SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION PATHWAYS associated with ETS-DOMAIN PROTEIN ELK-1.


The middle of the three primitive cerebral vesicles of the embryonic brain. Without further subdivision, midbrain develops into a short, constricted portion connecting the PONS and the DIENCEPHALON. Midbrain contains two major parts, the dorsal TECTUM MESENCEPHALI and the ventral TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI, housing components of auditory, visual, and other sensorimoter systems.


Plasma Skin Resurfacing
Plasma Skin Regeneration
Plasma Skin Rejuvenation

A cosmetic technique that uses PLASMA GASES in therapeutic treatment to help achieve skin REJUVENATION or REGENERATION and delay SKIN AGING.


Drug Catalogs as Topic
Catalogs, Drug as Topic


T-Cell Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Protein 1

A basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that plays a critical role in HEMATOPOIESIS and as a positive regulator in the differentiation of ERYTHROID CELLS. Chromosome translocations involving the TAL-1 gene are associated with T-CELL ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA.


Conscious or unconscious emotional reaction of the therapist to the patient which may interfere with treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.)


Octamer Transcription Factors
Oct Proteins

A family of POU domain factors that bind the octamer motif ATTTGCAT in enhancer and PROMOTER REGIONS to regulate GENE EXPRESSION.


Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit

Regulatory Subunit RIalpha, Cyclic-AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase

Cyclic-AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase RIalpha Subunit

A type I cAMP-dependent protein kinase regulatory subunit that plays a role in confering CYCLIC AMP activation of protein kinase activity. It has a lower affinity for cAMP than the CYCLIC-AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE RIBETA SUBUNIT.


Cystamine Diacetate
Cystamine Dihydrobromide
Cystamine
Cysteinamine Disulfide
Cystamine Calcium Salt
Cystamine Hydrochloride
Cystinamin
2,2'-Dithiobisethanamine
Cystamine Dihydrochloride
Cystamine Hydrobromide
Cystamine Sulfate
Diaminodiethyldisulfide
Cystamine Sulfate (1:1)
Cystineamine
Decarboxycystine

A radiation-protective agent that interferes with sulfhydryl enzymes. It may also protect against carbon tetrachloride liver damage.


A drug that has been given by mouth in the treatment of atherosclerosis and other vascular disorders, hyperlipidemias, and thrombo-embolic disorders. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1408)


Diskitis Spondylodiskitis Discitis Spondylodiscitis

Inflammation of an INTERVERTEBRAL DISC or disk space which may lead to disk erosion. Until recently, discitis has been defined as a nonbacterial inflammation and has been attributed to aseptic processes (e.g., chemical reaction to an injected substance). However, recent studies provide evidence that infection may be the initial cause, but perhaps not the promoter, of most cases of discitis. Discitis has been diagnosed in patients following discography, myelography, lumbar puncture, paravertebral injection, and obstetrical epidural anesthesia. Discitis following chemonucleolysis (especially with chymopapain) is attributed to chemical reaction by some and to introduction of microorganisms by others.


Radiation Absorption
Absorption, Radiation

The uptake or transfer of energy from RADIATION.


Infant, Low Birth Weight
Low-Birth-Weight Infant
Low Birth Weight

An infant having a birth weight of 2500 gm. (5.5 lb.) or less but INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT is available for infants having a birth weight of 1500 grams (3.3 lb.) or less.


Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 2

An orphan nuclear receptor that is expressed at high levels in neuronal tissues, the RETINA; EPIDIDYMIS; and VAS DEFERENS. The receptor is believed to play a role in regulating a variety of functions including the processing of sensory information, the differentiation of PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS and the CIRCADIAN RHYTHM.


Potassium Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
K+ Channels, Inwardly Rectifying
Inward Rectifier Potassium Channel
Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channels
Inward Rectifier K+ Channels
Inward Rectifier K+ Channel
Inward Rectifier Potassium Channels
Inwardly Rectifying Potassium Channel
Potassium Channel, Inwardly Rectifying
IRK1 Channel

Potassium channels where the flow of K+ ions into the cell is greater than the outward flow.


Non-Target Heterologous Effects of Vaccines

The immunological phenomenon by which exposure to some organisms or vaccines can profoundly alter the host's response to subsequent exposure to unrelated (heterologous) organisms or vaccines.


Surveillance, Immunologic
Immunologic Surveillance
Immunological Surveillance

The theory that T-cells monitor cell surfaces and detect structural changes in the plasma membrane and/or surface antigens of virally or neoplastically transformed cells.


Polyunsaturated side-chain quinone derivative which is an important link in the electron transport chain of green plants during the photosynthetic conversion of light energy by photophosphorylation into the potential energy of chemical bonds.


Syncope, Vasovagal
Neurally Mediated Faint
Syncope, Neurogenic
Syncope, Cerebral
Syncope, Vasodepressor
Syncope, Vasovagal, Neurally-Mediated
Syncope, Malignant Neurocardiogenic
Syncope, Neurocardiogenic
Syncope, Supine

Loss of consciousness due to a reduction in blood pressure that is associated with an increase in vagal tone and peripheral vasodilation.


Sex Disorders
Sexual Dysfunction, Physiological
Sexual Dysfunctions, Physiological
Sexual Disorders, Physiological

Physiological disturbances in normal sexual performance in either the male or the female.


Adult Stem Cells
Somatic Adult Stem Cells
Adult Somatic Stem Cells
Somatic Stem Cells

Tissue-specific stem cells (also known as Somatic Stem Cells) that appear during fetal development and remain in the body throughout life. The key functions of adult stem cells are to maintain and repair the specific tissues where they reside (e.g. skin or blood).


Bactericidal Antibody Assay
Serum Bactericidal Antibody Assays
Serum Bactericidal Antibody Assay

Procedures for identification and measurement of IMMUNOGLOBULINS in the blood that initiate lysis of bacteria.


O-Acetylserine (Thiol)-Lyase
Cysteine Synthase
O-Acetylserine Sulfhydrylase
Cysteine Synthase A

An enzyme that catalyzes the biosynthesis of cysteine in microorganisms and plants from O-acetyl-L-serine and hydrogen sulfide. This enzyme was formerly listed as EC 4.2.99.8.


Isomeric forms and derivatives of PROPANOL (C3H7OH).


Benzopyrans saturated in the 2 and 3 positions.


Ectopic Lymphoid Formations
Ectopic Lymph Nodes
Ectopic Lymphoid Follicles
Ectopic Lymphoid-Like Structures
Tertiary Lymphoid Structures
Ectopic Lymphoid Tissues
Ectopic Lymphoid Organs

Aggregates of immune cells formed near the sites of chronically inflamed, infected, or tumorous tissues.


Receptor, Neurotrophic Tyrosine Kinase Type 1

Neurotrophic Tyrosine Kinase Receptor Type 1

A protein-tyrosine kinase receptor that is specific for NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; neurotrophin 4, neurotrophin 5. It plays a crucial role in pain sensation and thermoregulation in humans. Gene mutations that cause loss of receptor function are associated with CONGENITAL INSENSITIVITY TO PAIN WITH ANHIDROSIS, while gene rearrangements that activate the protein-tyrosine kinase function are associated with tumorigenesis.


Enoyl-(Acyl-Carrier Protein) Reductase (NADPH, B-Specific)

An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of acyl-[acyl-carrier protein] to trans-2,3-dehydroacyl-[acyl-carrier protein] in the fatty acid biosynthesis pathway. It has a preference for acyl derivatives with carbon chain length from 4 to 16.


Haemophilus influenzae Vaccines
Haemophilus Vaccine
Hemophilus Vaccines
Haemophilus Vaccines

Vaccines or candidate vaccines containing antigenic polysaccharides from Haemophilus influenzae and designed to prevent infection. The vaccine can contain the polysaccharides alone or more frequently polysaccharides conjugated to carrier molecules. It is also seen as a combined vaccine with diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine.


Man, Modern
Human
Humans
Man (Taxonomy)
Homo sapiens


Light Therapy
Phototherapy
Photoradiation Therapy
Therapy, Photoradiation

Treatment of disease by exposure to light, especially by variously concentrated light rays or specific wavelengths.


Coeliac Plexus
Celiac Plexus
Plexus Coeliacus
Solar Plexus

A complex network of nerve fibers including sympathetic and parasympathetic efferents and visceral afferents. The celiac plexus is the largest of the autonomic plexuses and is located in the abdomen surrounding the celiac and superior mesenteric arteries.


The prototypical and most well-studied member of the semaphorin family. Semaphorin-3A is an axon-repulsive guidance cue for migrating neurons in the developing nervous system. It has so far been found only in vertebrates, and binds to NEUROPILIN-1/plexin complex receptors on growth cones. Like other class 3 semaphorins, it is a secreted protein.


Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. gallolyticus

Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus

A subspecies of Streptococcus gallolyticus. It and other subspecies have been reported to cause infections resulting in BACTEREMIA; ENDOCARDITIS; and neonatal MENINGITIS.


Renal Glucosuria
Renal Glycosuria
Glycosuria, Renal

An autosomal inherited disorder due to defective reabsorption of GLUCOSE by the PROXIMAL RENAL TUBULES. The urinary loss of glucose can reach beyond 50 g/day. It is attributed to the mutations in the SODIUM-GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 2 encoded by the SLC5A2 gene.


Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, Type 1

Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic, of Rendu, Osler, and Weber

An autosomal dominant vascular anomaly characterized by telangiectases of the skin and mucous membranes and by recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding. This disorder is caused by mutations of a gene (on chromosome 9q3) which encodes endoglin, a membrane glycoprotein that binds TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA.


Transfusion, Red Blood Cell
Red Blood Cell Transfusion
Transfusions, Red Blood Cell
Red Blood Cell Transfusions
Erythrocyte Transfusion

The transfer of erythrocytes from a donor to a recipient or reinfusion to the donor.


Dental Specialty
Specialties, Dental
Dental Specialties
Specialty, Dental

Various branches of dental practice limited to specialized areas.


A class of plasmids that transfer antibiotic resistance from one bacterium to another by conjugation.


Mossy Fibers, Hippocampal
Hippocampal Mossy Fibers

Axons of certain cells in the DENTATE GYRUS. They project to the polymorphic layer of the dentate gyrus and to the proximal dendrites of PYRAMIDAL CELLS of the HIPPOCAMPUS. These mossy fibers should not be confused with mossy fibers that are cerebellar afferents (see NERVE FIBERS).


Phosphorus used in foods or obtained from food. This element is a major intracellular component which plays an important role in many biochemical pathways relating to normal physiological functions. High concentrations of dietary phosphorus can cause nephrocalcinosis which is associated with impaired kidney function. Low concentrations of dietary phosphorus cause an increase in calcitriol in the blood and osteoporosis.


Fixation Devices, External
External Fixators

External devices which hold wires or pins that are placed through one or both cortices of bone in order to hold the position of a fracture in proper alignment. These devices allow easy access to wounds, adjustment during the course of healing, and more functional use of the limbs involved.


Sustained Viral Suppression
Sustained Virologic Response

The continuous, long-term suppression of VIRAL LOAD, generally to undetectable levels, as the result of treatment with ANTIVIRAL AGENTS.


Heme-Binding Protein
Heme-Binding Proteins

Metalloproteins that contain a HEME ligand as the prosthetic group.


Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex Inhibitors

Compounds that inhibit the function or proteolytic action of the PROTEASOME.


Peristim
Frangulic Acid
Archin
Casanthranol
Emodin
Frangula Emodin
Rheum Emodin

Purgative anthraquinone found in several plants, especially RHAMNUS PURSHIANA. It was formerly used as a laxative, but is now used mainly as a tool in toxicity studies.


SR-B Proteins
Scavenger Receptors, Class B

A family of scavenger receptors that are predominately localized to CAVEOLAE of the PLASMA MEMBRANE and bind HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS.


Papanicolaou Test
Papanicolaou Smear
Pap Smear
Pap Test

Cytological preparation of cells collected from a mucosal surface and stained with Papanicolaou stain.


RNA sequences composed of ADENINE NUCLEOTIDES and URACIL NUCLEOTIDES, that are located in the 3'UNTRANSLATED REGIONS of MESSENGER RNA molecules that are rapidly degraded. They are also known as AREs.


A plant genus of the family Plantaginaceae. Members contain bacopaside, bacopasaponins and other dammarane type jujubogenins.


Supine Abdominal Height
Sagittal Abdominal Diameter
Abdominal Height
Abdominal Diameter Index

The ratio of the sagittal abdominal diameter to mid-thigh circumference.


Synthetic Lethal Mutation
Synthetic Lethal Mutations
Synthetic Lethality

Mutations in genes which lead to cell or organism death when occurring in combination with mutations in one or more other genes.


Calculi, Salivary
Salivary Calculi
Salivary Calculus

The presence of calculi in a salivary duct or gland.