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Medicine
The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
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Adiposis dolorosa
Medical; Medicine
A rare disease characterised by multiple tumor-like fatty deposits that press on nerves in various sites causing pain and weakness. Often these lipoma-like structures are located on the trunk and ...
Dercum's disease
Medical; Medicine
A rare disease characterised by multiple tumor-like fatty deposits that press on nerves in various sites causing pain and weakness. Often these lipoma-like structures are located on the trunk and ...
Dercum disease
Medical; Medicine
A rare disease characterised by multiple tumor-like fatty deposits that press on nerves in various sites causing pain and weakness. Often these lipoma-like structures are located on the trunk and ...
Ambenonium chloride
Medical; Medicine
A quaternary ammonium compound that is an inhibitor of cholinesterase activity with actions similar to those of neostigmine, but of longer duration. Ambenonium is given by mouth in the treatment of ...
Serine hydroxymethyltransferase
Medical; Medicine
A pyridoxal phosphate enzyme that catalyses the reaction of glycine and 5,10-methylene-tetrahydrofolate to form serine. It also catalyses the reaction of glycine with acetaldehyde to form ...
Serine transhydroxymethylase
Medical; Medicine
A pyridoxal phosphate enzyme that catalyses the reaction of glycine and 5,10-methylene-tetrahydrofolate to form serine. It also catalyses the reaction of glycine with acetaldehyde to form ...
Aicardi's syndrome
Medical; Medicine
A rare genetic disorder characterised by partial or complete absence of the corpus callosum, resulting in infantile spasms, mental retardation, and lesions of the retina or optic nerve.
