| DME | degenerative myoclonus epilepsy; dimethyl diester; dimethyl ether; diphasic meningoencephalitis; dir... |
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| ITM | improved Thayer-Martin [medium]; intrathecal methotrexate; Israel turkey meningoencephalitis |
| ME | macular edema; malic enzyme; manic episode; maximum effort; median eminence; medical education; medi... |
| PAM | pancreatic acinar mass; penicillin aluminum monostearate; peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygen... |
| PAME | preanesthesia medical examination; primary amebic meningoencephalitis |
| mumps in pregnancy | It has been stated, we believe erroneously, that mumps is dangerous when contracted during pregnancy. For example, vetter (infect med 14:730-733, 1997), citing a single 1980 article, writes: mumps infection during the first trimester of pregnancy can increase the rate of spontaneous abortion. Congenital anomalies associated with mumps infection during pregnancy include endocardial fibroelastosis; imperforate anus; spina bifida; and auditory, optic, and urogenital deformities. However, shepard in his authorative catalog of teratogenic agents (j hopkins u press, 8th edition, 1995) does not consider that mumps merits inclusion as a proven or even possible teratogenic agent, that is as an agent capable of causing a spontaneous abortion (a miscarriage) or causing congenital malformations (the baby is born with birth defects). Furthermore, mumps does not even warrant mention in smith's recognizable patterns of human malformation (by kl jones, wb saunders co., 5th edition, 1997), a key standard text on dysmorphology (the study of malformations). Based also on our review of the facts available at this time (oct, 1997), we conclude that there is insufficient evidence to label mumps as a particular hazard in pregnancy. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| mumps orchitis | <pathology> A mumps infection that has affected the testicles. Approximately 20-35% of postpubertal males with mumps will develop this complication. (27 Sep 1997) |
| mumps sensitivity test | A skin test for sensitivity to mumps, in which inactivated mumps virus is used as antigen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mumps skin test antigen | A sterile suspension of killed mumps virus in isotonic sodium chloride solution, used to determine susceptibility to mumps or to confirm previous exposure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mumps vaccine | A live attenuated virus vaccine of chick embryo origin, used for routine immunization of children and for immunization of adolescents and adults who have not had mumps or been immunised with live mumps vaccine. Children are usually immunised with measles-mumps-rubella combinatiom vaccine. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mumps virus | The type species of rubulavirus that causes an acute infectious disease in humans, affecting mainly children. Transmission occurs by droplet infection. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mumps virus vaccine | Vaccine containing live, attenuated mumps virus prepared in chick embryo cell cultures. See: measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| immunization, mumps | See Immunization, MMR. (12 Dec 1998) |