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Subjects term Scope note Archival description count Authority record count
Epidemics
  • Sudden outbreaks of a disease in a country or region not previously recognized in that area, or a rapid increase in the number of new cases of a previous existing endemic disease. Epidemics can also refer to outbreaks of disease in animal or plant populations.
  • Annotation: coordinate IM with specific disease / epidemiol (IM) & specify geographic location if pertinent; differentiate from DISEASE OUTBREAKS, follow terminology in text
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Epidemiologic Studies
  • Annotation: exam & anal of data leading to epidemiol conclusions: differentiate from EPIDEMIOLOGY, the specialty; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics
  • Scope note: Studies designed to examine associations, commonly, hypothesized causal relations. They are usually concerned with identifying or measuring the effects of risk factors or exposures. The common types of analytic study are CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; and CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES.
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Epidemiology 1 0
Epidermal Growth Factor

Use for: EGF, Epidermal Growth Factor-Urogastrone, Human Urinary Gastric Inhibitor, Urogastrone, beta-Urogastrone

  • A 6-kDa polypeptide growth factor initially discovered in mouse submaxillary glands. Human epidermal growth factor was originally isolated from urine based on its ability to inhibit gastric secretion and called urogastrone. Epidermal growth factor exerts a wide variety of biological effects including the promotion of proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal and EPITHELIAL CELLS. It is synthesized as a transmembrane protein which can be cleaved to release a soluble active form.
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Epilepsy

Use for: Aura , Awakening Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Cryptogenic , Seizure Disorder

  • A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313)
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Equipment and Supplies

Use for: Apparatus and Instruments, Device, Medical, Devices, Devices, Medical, Equipment, Inventories, Medical Device, Medical Devices, Supplies

  • Expendable and nonexpendable equipment, supplies, apparatus, and instruments that are used in diagnostic, surgical, therapeutic, scientific, and experimental procedures.
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Erlanger, Joseph, 1874-1955 1 0
Estradiol 1 0
Ethics 1 0
Ethics, Medical

Use for: Medical Ethics

  • The principles of professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician, relations with patients and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the physician in patient care and interpersonal relations with patient families.
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Etiology 1 0
Evoked Potentials 1 0
Eye
  • The organ of sight constituting a pair of globular organs made up of a three-layered roughly spherical structure specialized for receiving and responding to light.
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Eyeglasses

Use for: Spectacles, Glasses, Sun Glasses, Prescription

  • A pair of ophthalmic lenses in a frame or mounting which is supported by the nose and ears. The purpose is to aid or improve vision. It does not include goggles or nonprescription sun glasses for which EYE PROTECTIVE DEVICES is available.
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Faculty Collection 198 0
Faculty, Medical

Use for: Faculties, Medical, Medical Faculties, Medical Faculty

  • Teaching and administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school.
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Fluid Therapy 1 0
Food Service, Hospital 1 0
Forensic Anthropology 1 0
Forensic Medicine

Use for: Legal Medicine, Medicine, Forensic, Medicine, Legal

  • The application of medical knowledge to questions of law.
  • Annotation: for crime or identification: differentiate from JURISPRUDENCE, usually civil suits; for human identification of skeletal remains HUMAN IDENTIFICATION see FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY is available; for human identification by teeth see FORENSIC DENTISTRY; note other specific forensic terms are also available
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