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  2. Reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Gregory Call and Marie Fleming were the first two authors of a report in which doctors from Massachusetts General Hospital, led by C. Miller Fisher, described 4 patients, alongside 12 previous case studies, with the characteristic symptoms and abnormal cerebral angiogram findings. [6] [8] The name Call-Fleming syndrome refers to these ...

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    cerebr(o)-of or pertaining to the brain: Latin cerebrum, brain cerebrology cervic-of or pertaining to the neck or the cervix: Latin cervix, cervīc-), neck, cervix cervical vertebrae, cervicodorsal cheil-of or pertaining to the lips Greek χεῖλος (kheîlos), lip, mouth, beak angular cheilitis: chem(o)-chemistry, drug Greek χημεία ...

  4. Congenital absence of the vas deferens - Wikipedia

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    The mutational spectrum of CFTR in the first group differs from that observed in classic cystic fibrosis, with milder missense or splice variants present on at least one chromosome. [6] [7] The genetic basis of the second group is not well understood. In the subset of males with both CBAVD and URA, the CFTR mutation has been shown to occur at a ...

  5. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CF: Count fingers vision – state distance c/o or c.o. Complains of CT: Cover test c/u: Check up CW: Close work Δ: Prism dioptre D: Dioptres DC: Dioptres cylinder DNA: Did not attend DOB: Date of birth DS: Dioptres sphere DV: Distance vision DVD: Dissociated vertical deviation EF: Eccentric fixation FB: Foreign body FD: Fixation disparity FF ...

  6. Cerebrum - Wikipedia

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    The cerebrum (pl.: cerebra), telencephalon or endbrain [1] is the largest part of the brain, containing the cerebral cortex (of the two cerebral hemispheres) as well as several subcortical structures, including the hippocampus, basal ganglia, and olfactory bulb.

  7. Prenatal testing - Wikipedia

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    A study in 2012 found that the maternal plasma cell-free DNA test was also able to detect trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) in 100% of the cases (59/59) at a false-positive rate of 0.28%, and trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome) in 91.7% of the cases (11/12) at a false-positive rate of 0.97%.

  8. Could fluoride in pregnancy affect kids' development? A study ...

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    A 2019 study published in JAMA Pediatrics, for example, found that IQ levels were slightly lower in 3- and 4-year-old children whose mothers had higher measures of fluoride in their urine when ...

  9. Spalding's sign - Wikipedia

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    Spalding's sign is a sign used in obstetrics. [1] It is named for Alfred Baker Spalding. [2] [3]It is an indicator of fetal death. [4] When fetal death has occurred loss of alignment and overriding of the bones of cranial vault occur due to shrinkage of cerebrum, [5] abdominal sonar examination may reveal an overriding of the fetal cranial bones. [6]