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DefinitionRasagiline is only found in individuals that have used or taken this drug. It is an irreversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase and is used as a monotherapy...
DefinitionSever’s Disease another name known as calcaneal apophysitis is an inflammation? of the growth plate in the heel of growing children, typically adolescents. The condition presents...
DefinitionSkin rash? is a change of the human skin that affects its color, appearance, or texture. A rash? may be localized? in one part of the...
DefinitionSLE /The Systemic? Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a systemic? autoimmune? disease, with multisystemic involvement. The disease has several phenotypes, with varying clinical presentations in patients ranging...
DefinitionSleep paralysis is when during awakening or falling asleep, a person is aware but unable to move or speak. During an episode, one may hear, feel, or see things that are not there. It...
DefinitionSubtotal Hysterectomy/A hysterectomy is an operation to remove the uterus. This surgery may be done for different reasons, including uterine fibroids that cause pain?, bleeding, or...
DefinitionTamoxifen is an antineoplastic nonsteroidal selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM). Tamoxifen competitively inhibits the binding of estradiol to estrogen receptors, thereby preventing the receptor from binding to the estrogen-response element on...
DefinitionTest Diagnosis? of Rotator Cuff Tendonitis/Rotator cuff tendonitis (inflammation?) and rotator cuff tears are common conditions in active people. Both conditions are usually caused by a...
DefinitionTest Diagnosis? of Tuberculous Spondylitis/Tuberculous Spondylitis also is known as Pott disease, refers to vertebral body osteomyelitis and intervertebral diskitis from tuberculosis (TB). The spine is the most...
DefinitionTreatment of stroke? is essential at limiting the size of the stroke? and preventing further stroke. Acute? stroke therapies try to stop a stroke while it is...
DefinitionTricyclic antidepressants with anticholinergic and sedative properties. Amitriptyline appears to prevent the re-uptake of norepinephrine and serotonin at nerve terminals, thus potentiating the action of these...
