| SSPE | Subacute Sclerosing Pan-Encephalitis |
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| ASHN | acute sclerosing hyaline necrosis |
| FSGN | focal sclerosing glomerulonephritis |
| NSHD | nodular sclerosing Hodgkin disease |
| PSC | patient services coordination; Porter-Silber chromogen; posterior subcapsular cataract; primary scle... |
| sclerosing therapy | A procedure which involves the injection of a sclerosing agent (causes scarring) into varicose veins in the extremities. Sclerotherapy may also be performed in the oesophagus, using UGI endoscopy, in the treatment of oesophageal varices in patients with cirrhosis of the liver. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis | <neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| subacute sclerosing panencephalitis | <neurology> Chronic progressive illness seen in children a few years after measles infection and involving demyelination of the cerebral cortex. Virus apparently persists in brain cells: usually considered a slow virus disease. (18 Nov 1997) |
| focal sclerosing glomerulopathy | Focal, segmental glomerulosclerosis reported in adults and children with normal serum complement, progressing to chronic glomerulonephritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alkaline reflux gastritis | An inflammation of the gastric mucosa believed to be caused by irritating factors in bile. Synonym: alkaline reflux gastritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrophic gastritis | Chronic gastritis with atrophy of the mucous membrane and destruction of the peptic glands, sometimes associated with pernicious anaemia or gastric carcinoma; also applied to gastric atrophy without inflammatory changes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bile gastritis | An inflammation of the gastric mucosa believed to be caused by irritating factors in bile. Synonym: alkaline reflux gastritis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastritis | <pathology> Inflammation of the stomach. (18 Nov 1997) |
| gastritis, atrophic | Chronic gastritis with mucosal atrophy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| gastritis cystica polyposa | Large sessile mucosal polyps arising in the stomach proximal to an old gastroenterostomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastritis fibroplastica | An obsolete term for gastritis with fibrosis and sclerosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gastritis, hypertrophic | Gastritis with hypertrophy of gastric mucosa folds. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, weight loss, excessive mucus secretion, and hypoproteinaemia. (12 Dec 1998) |
| catarrhal gastritis | Gastritis with excessive secretion of mucus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| phlegmonous gastritis | <radiology> Aetiology: septicaemia, local abscess, postoperative stomach, complication of gastric ulcer/cancer, organism: streptococcus, symptoms: severe fulminant illness, may vomit pus, location: usually limited to stomach not extending beyond the pylorus, submucosa most severely affected gastric layer, XR: barium dissection into submucosa and serosa (12 Dec 1998) |
| polypous gastritis | A form of chronic gastritis, in which there is irregular atrophy of the mucous membrane with cystic glands giving rise to a knobby or polypous appearance of the surface. (05 Mar 2000) |