| IPF | idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; infection-potentiating factor; interstitial pulmonary fibrosis |
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| RF | radial fiber; radio frequency; receptive field; regurgitant fraction; Reitland-Franklin [unit]; rela... |
| RP | radial pulse; radiopharmaceutical; rapid processing [of film]; Raynaud phenomenon; reactive protein;... |
| RPLAD | retroperitoneal lymphadenectomy |
| PSC | Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis |
| sclerosing keratitis | Inflammation of the cornea complicating scleritis; characterised by opacification of the corneal stroma. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| 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) |
| sclerosing mastoiditis | A chronic mastoiditis in which the trabeculae are greatly thickened, almost or entirely obliterating the cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing of varicose veins | 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) |
| sclerosing osteitis | Fusiform thickening or increased density of bones, of unknown cause; it has been considered a form of chronic nonsuppurative osteomyelitis. Synonym: condensing osteitis, Garre's disease. Osteitis tuberculosa multiplex cystica, an osteitis of tuberculous origin, marked by numerous small cavities in the osseous substance. Synonym: Jungling's disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sclerosing solutions | Chemical agents injected into veins to cause localised thrombosis and eventual fibrosis and obliteration of the vessels. They are used in the treatment of varicose veins, haemorrhoids, gastric and oesophageal varices, and peptic ulcer haemorrhage. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| African endomyocardial fibrosis | Fibrosis of the inner layers of the myocardium, often including the endocardium, causing diastolic restriction of the heart; indigenous to East Africa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| radiation fibrosis | The formation of scar tissue as a result of radiation therapy to the lung. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mediastinal fibrosis | <radiology> Histoplasmosis most common cause, can cause superior vena cava obstruction (12 Dec 1998) |
| replacement fibrosis | The formation of fibrous tissue that occupies sites where various other cells and tissues have become atrophied, or degenerated and necrotic. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pericentral fibrosis | Fibrosis occurring around the central veins in the hepatic lobules. (05 Mar 2000) |