| IDP | immunodiffusion procedure; inflammatory demyelinating neuropathy; initial dose period; inosine dipho... |
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| FAP | Familial Amyloid Polyneuropathy |
| GBS | 1) Guillain-Barr Syndrome = PIP; Post-Infectious Polyneuropat... |
| ACIP | acute canine idiopathic polyneuropathy; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [CDC] |
| CIPN | chronic inflammatory polyneuropathy |
| progressive hypertrophic polyneuropathy | A familial type of demyelinating sensorimotor polyneuropathy that begins in early childhood and is slowly progressive; clinically characterised by foot pain and paresthesias, followed by symmetrical weakness and wasting of the distal limbs; one of the causes of stork legs; patients are wheelchair bound at an early age; peripheral nerves are palpably enlarged and non-tender; pathologically, onion bulb formation is seen in the nerves: whorls of overlapping, intertwined Schwann cell processes that encircle bare axons; usually autosomal recessive inheritance. Synonym: Dejerine's disease, progressive hypertrophic polyneuropathy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| nitrofurantoin polyneuropathy | <neurology> An axon loss polyneuropathy, often severe, seen in some patients treated with nitrofurantoin, particularly patients with chronic renal failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nutritional polyneuropathy | A disorder of multiple peripheral nerves, noted in beriberi, chronic alcoholism, and other clinical states, resulting from thiamin deficiency. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diabetic polyneuropathy | A distal, symmetrical, generally sensorimotor polyneuropathy that is a frequent complication of diabetes mellitus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isoniazid polyneuropathy | An axonal loss polyneuropathy seen in some patients treated with isoniazid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| uraemic polyneuropathy | A distal sensory and motor polyneuropathy without conspicuous inflammation and ascribed to the metabolic effects of chronic renal failure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior inferior segmental artery of kidney | Origin, anterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti anterioris inferioris renis, artery of anterior {inferior segment of kidney}. (05 Mar 2000) |
| anterior superior segmental artery of kidney | Origin, anterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti anterioris superioris renis, artery of anterior {superior segment of kidney}. (05 Mar 2000) |
| branches of segmental bronchi | Branches of segmental bronchi to the bronchopulmonary segments of the lungs. Synonym: rami bronchiales segmentorum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| mastectomy, segmental | Removal of only enough breast tissue to ensure that the margins of the resected surgical specimen are free of tumour. (12 Dec 1998) |
| posterior segmental artery of kidney | Origin, continuation of the posterior branch of renal. See: segmental arteries of kidney. Synonym: arteria segmenti posterioris renis, artery of posterior segment of kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segmental | 1. Relating to, or being, a segment. 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the segments of animals; as, a segmental duct; segmental papillae. Of or pertaining to the segmental organs. <anatomy> Segmental duct, the tubes which primarily open into the segmental duct, some of which become the urinary tubules of the adult. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| segmental alveolar osteotomy | An intraoral surgical procedure in which segments of alveolar bone containing teeth are sectioned between, and apically to, the teeth for the repositioning of the alveolus and teeth; it may be maxillary or mandibular, and may be combined with ostectomy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segmental anaesthesia | Loss of sensation limited to an area supplied by one or more spinal nerve roots. (05 Mar 2000) |
| segmental arteries of kidney | The branches of the renal artery that supply the anatomical segments of kidney. Usually five in number, they are end arteries and give off interlobar, arcuate and interlobular arteries in sequence. The latter send afferent arterioles to the glomeruli as well as branches to the kidney capsule. The segmental arteries of the kidney are identified as: anterior inferior (arteriae segmenti anterioris inferioris renis ); anterior superior (arteriae segmenti anterioris superioris renis ); inferior (arteriae segmenti inferioris renis ); posterior (arteriae segmenti posterioris renis ); and superior (arteriae segmenti superioris renis ). Synonym: arteriae renis, arteries of kidney. (05 Mar 2000) |