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  Allergens -- 2 Related Mesh Subjects   2
Allergens Popular Works : May, Jeffrey C.  2001 1
 

Allergy -- See Hypersensitivity


Altered reactivity to an antigen, which can result in pathologic reactions upon subsequent exposure to that particular antigen.
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Allergy And Immunology   8
Allergy And Immunology Case Reports : Geha, Raif S.  2012 1
Allergy And Immunology History   2
 

Allergy And Immunology Methods -- See Immunologic Techniques


Techniques used to demonstrate or measure an immune response, and to identify or measure antigens using antibodies.
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Allergy And Immunology Popular Works : Dehejia, Harsha V.  1981 1
Allergy And Immunology United States Biography   2
 

Allergy Food -- See Food Hypersensitivity


Gastrointestinal disturbances, skin eruptions, or shock due to allergic reactions to allergens in food.
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Allergy Milk -- See Milk Hypersensitivity


Allergic reaction to milk (usually cow's milk) or milk products. MILK HYPERSENSITIVITY should be differentiated from LACTOSE INTOLERANCE, an intolerance to milk as a result of congenital deficiency of lactase.
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Allergy Nut -- See Nut Hypersensitivity


Allergic reaction to tree nuts that is triggered by the immune system.
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Allergy Wheat -- See Wheat Hypersensitivity


Allergic reaction to wheat that is triggered by the immune system.
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Allied Health Occupations   2017 1
Allied Health Occupations Dictionary English   2
Allied Health Occupations Education United States : Institute of Medicine (U.S.).  2003 1
Allied Health Personnel   16
Allied Health Personnel Education   2
Allied Health Personnel Examination Questions : Martin, Diann L.,  2013 1
Allied Health Personnel Outlines : Martin, Diann L.,  2013 1
Allied Health Personnel Popular Works : Ilk, Craig R.  1982 1
Allied Health Personnel Psychology   2
Allied Health Personnel Standards : Bunker, Douglas R.,  1988 1
Allied Health Personnel United States : Rose, Patti Renee.  2013 1
 

Allocation Of Health Care Resources -- See Health Care Rationing


Planning for the equitable allocation, apportionment, or distribution of available health resources.
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Allocation Of Healthcare Resources -- See Health Care Rationing


Planning for the equitable allocation, apportionment, or distribution of available health resources.
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Allomone -- See Pheromones


Chemical substances, excreted by an organism into the environment, that elicit behavioral or physiological responses from other organisms of the same species. Perception of these chemical signals may be olfactory or by contact.
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Allomones -- See Pheromones


Chemical substances, excreted by an organism into the environment, that elicit behavioral or physiological responses from other organisms of the same species. Perception of these chemical signals may be olfactory or by contact.
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Allostasis -- See Also Adaptation, Psychological


A state of harmony between internal needs and external demands and the processes used in achieving this condition. (From APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed).
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Allowing To Die -- See Euthanasia, Passive


Failing to prevent death from natural causes, for reasons of mercy by the withdrawal or withholding of life-prolonging treatment.
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Allport Gordon W Gordon Willard 1897 1967   1993 1
Almanac   2
Almanacs As Topic   5
 

Almond Flour -- See Flour


A powdery meal obtained from ground up starchy foodstuff, such as seeds of WHEAT; RICE and other EDIBLE GRAIN; LEGUMES; and NUTS; or ground up PLANT TUBERS.
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Almond Meal -- See Flour


A powdery meal obtained from ground up starchy foodstuff, such as seeds of WHEAT; RICE and other EDIBLE GRAIN; LEGUMES; and NUTS; or ground up PLANT TUBERS.
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Almshouses : Risse, Guenter B.,  2016 1
 

Alopecia Androgenetic -- See Alopecia


Absence of hair from areas where it is normally present.
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Alpacas -- See Camelids, New World


Camelidae of the Americas. The extant species are those originating from South America and include alpacas, llamas, guanicos, and vicunas.
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Alpha Amanitin -- See Also Mushroom Poisoning


Poisoning from ingestion of mushrooms, primarily from, but not restricted to, toxic varieties.
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Als Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis -- See Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis


A degenerative disorder affecting upper MOTOR NEURONS in the brain and lower motor neurons in the brain stem and SPINAL CORD. Disease onset is usually after the age of 50 and the process is usually fatal within 3 to 6 years. Clinical manifestations include progressive weakness, atrophy, FASCICULATION, hyperreflexia, DYSARTHRIA, dysphagia, and eventual paralysis of respiratory function. Pathologic features include the replacement of motor neurons with fibrous ASTROCYTES and atrophy of anterior SPINAL NERVE ROOTS and corticospinal tracts. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1089-94)
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Alsop Stewart : Alsop, Stewart.  1973 1
 

Alta Aetiopia -- See Ethiopia


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Altepetl Yancuic York N Y -- See New York (N.Y.)


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Alteplase -- See Tissue Plasminogen Activator


A proteolytic enzyme in the serine protease family found in many tissues which converts PLASMINOGEN to FIBRINOLYSIN. It has fibrin-binding activity and is immunologically different from UROKINASE-TYPE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR. The primary sequence, composed of 527 amino acids, is identical in both the naturally occurring and synthetic proteases.
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Alternative Medicine -- See Complementary Therapies


Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional allopathic medical practice. They may lack biomedical explanations but as they become better researched some (PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; DIET; ACUPUNCTURE) become widely accepted whereas others (humors, radium therapy) quietly fade away, yet are important historical footnotes. Therapies are termed as Complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as Alternative when used instead of conventional treatment.
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Altitude -- See Also Mountaineering


A sport involving mountain climbing techniques.
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Alto Peru -- See Bolivia


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Altruism -- See Also Beneficence


The state or quality of being kind, charitable, or beneficial. (from American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed). The ethical principle of BENEFICENCE requires producing net benefit over harm. (Bioethics Thesaurus)
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Altruism   12
Altruism Africa   2011 1
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