| CHRS | cerebrohepatorenal syndrome; Christian syndrome |
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| CMF | calcium-magnesium free; catabolite modular factor; chondromyxoid fibroma; Christian Medical Fellowsh... |
| CMS | children's medical services; Christian Medical Society; chronic myelodysplastic syndrome; chromosome... |
| HSC | Hand-Schuller-Christian [syndrome]; Health and Safety Commission; health sciences center; health scr... |
| HSCD | Hand-Schuller-Christian disease |
| PSRO | Professional Standards Review Organization |
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| RRC | Residency Review Committee |
| UR | Utilisation review |
| insurance claim review | Review of claims by insurance companies to determine liability and amount of payment for various services. The review may also include determination of eligibility of the claimant or beneficiary or of the provider of the benefit; determination that the benefit is covered or not payable under another policy; or determination that the service was necessary and of reasonable cost and quality. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| utilization review | An organised procedure carried out through committees to review admissions, duration of stay, professional services furnished, and to evaluate the medical necessity of those services and promote their most efficient use. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Bohr, Christian | <person> Danish physiologist, 1855-1911. See: Bohr effect, Bohr's equation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Braune, Christian | <person> German anatomist, 1831-1892. See: Braune's canal, Braune's muscle, Braune's valve. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Voigt, Christian | <person> Austrian anatomist, 1809-1890. See: Voigt's lines. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Roller, Christian | <person> German neurologist and psychiatrist, 1844-1978. See: Roller's nucleus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Christian, Henry | <person> U.S. Internist, 1876-1951. See: Christian's disease, Christian's syndrome, Hand-Schuller-Christian disease, Weber-Christian disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| christian science | A religion discovered by mary baker eddy in 1866 that was organised under the official name of the church of christ, scientist, that derives its teachings from the scriptures as understood by its adherents, and that includes a practice of spiritual healing based upon the teaching that cause and effect are mental, and that sin, sickness, and death will be destroyed by a full understanding of the divine principle of jesus' teaching and healing. (webster, 3d ed) (12 Dec 1998) |
| Christian's disease | histiocytosis |
| Christian's syndrome | histiocytosis |
| Weber-Christian disease | relapsing febrile nodular nonsuppurative panniculitis |
| hand-schueller-christian disease | <radiology> Form of histiocytosis, age 1 - 3 yrs most common, skeletal lesions similar to EG, but more numerous, adenopathy, enlarged liver and spleen, skin lesions, diabetes insipidus, exophthalmos, lung disease (12 Dec 1998) |
| hand-schueller-christian syndrome | <syndrome> Disseminated, chronic form of langerhans-cell histiocytosis. It may exhibit the classic triad of exophthalmos, diabetes insipidus, and bone destruction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Hand-Schuller-Christian disease | A condition marked by the abnormal appearance of histiocytes (macrophages) in the blood. Lipid h., Niemann-Pick disease. Sinus h., a disorder of the lymph nodes in which the distended sinuses are completely or nearly completely, filled by histiocytes, as a result of active multiplication of the littoral cells. H. X, a generic term embracing eosinophilic granuloma, Letterer-Siwe disease and Hand-Schuller-Christian disease and indicating a shared common origin for the three entities. (16 Dec 1997) |
| Schmorl, Christian | <person> German pathologist, 1861-1932. See: Schmorl's bacillus, Schmorl's nodule, Schmorl's ferric-ferricyanide reduction stain, Schmorl's picrothionin stain, Schmorl's jaundice. (05 Mar 2000) |