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Crime against humanity; Cards Against Humanity, a party game; Critical Access Hospital (CAH); these must have no more than 25 beds, not counting 10 extra psychiatric beds and 10 extra inpatient rehab beds, and must be located in a rural area or an area treated as rural, be certified by the state as being a necessary provider of healthcare services to area residents, and be more than a 35-mile ...
Moderate 21-hydroxylase deficiency is referred to as simple virilizing CAH: Typically is recognized as causing virilization of prepubertal children. Cortisol is reduced, but aldosterone is not. Still milder forms of 21-hydroxylase deficiency are referred to as nonclassical CAH: Can cause androgen effects and infertility in adolescent and adult ...
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by impaired cortisol synthesis. [1] [2] It results from the deficiency of one of the five enzymes required for the synthesis of cortisol in the adrenal cortex. [3]
This glossary covers terms found in the psychiatric literature; the word origins are primarily Greek, but there are also Latin, French, German, and English terms. Many of these terms refer to expressions dating from the early days of psychiatry in Europe; some are deprecated, and thus are of historic interest.
List of medical abbreviations: Overview; List of medical abbreviations: Latin abbreviations; List of abbreviations for medical organisations and personnel; List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions; List of optometric abbreviations
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
CAH: chronic active hepatitis congenital adrenal hyperplasia: CAKUT: congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract, see bladder outlet obstruction: CALLA: common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen CALM: café au lait macules: CAM: cell adhesion molecule complementary and alternative medicine: CAMP: cyclic adenosine monophosphate: CAP ...
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11β-hydroxylase deficiency is a form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) which produces a higher than normal amount of androgen, [1] resulting from a defect in the gene encoding the enzyme steroid 11β-hydroxylase (11β-OH) which mediates the final step of cortisol synthesis in the adrenal. 11β-OH CAH results in hypertension due to excessive ...