| ALF | acute liver failure; American Liver Foundation; assisted living facilities |
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| FLC | family life cycle; fatty liver cell; fetal liver cell; Friend leukemia cell |
| PFKL | phosphofructokinase, liver type; 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase, liver type |
| ACA | abnormal coronary artery; acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans; acute cerebellar ataxia; adenocarcino... |
| AH | abdominal hysterectomy; absorptive hypercalciuria; accidental hypothermia; acetohexamide; acid hydro... |
| perimuscular fibrosis | Fibrosis in the outer media of arteries, usually the renal arteries of young women, where it causes segmental stenosis and hypertension; a variety of fibromuscular dysplasia. Synonym: subadventitial fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pipestem fibrosis | A characteristic pipe-shaped fibrosis formed around hepatic portal veins in some cases of long-continued heavy infection with Schistosoma mansoni; thought to be induced by the presence of large numbers of schistosome eggs in the hepatic tissues. Synonym: Symmers' clay pipestem fibrosis, Symmers' fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| congenital fibrosis of the extraocular muscles | An autosomal dominant disorder associated with blepharoptosis and absence of eye movements. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cystic fibrosis | <chest medicine> A generalised disorder of infants, children and young adults, in which there is widespread dysfunction of the exocrine glands, characterised by signs of chronic pulmonary disease (due to excess mucus production in the respiratory tract), pancreatic deficiency, abnormally high levels of electrolytes in the sweat and occasionally by biliary cirrhosis. There is an ineffective immunologic defense against bacteria in the lungs. Pathologically, the pancreas shows obstruction of the pancreatic ducts by amorphous eosinophilic concretions, with consequent deficiency of pancreatic enzymes, resulting in steatorrhoea and azotorrhoea and intestinal malabsorption. The degree of involvement of organs and glandular systems may vary greatly, with consequent variations in the clinical picture. Inheritance: autosomal recessive. (13 Nov 1997) |
| cystic fibrosis antigen | Now known to be MRP 8. See: calgranulins. (18 Nov 1997) |
| cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator | Gene believed to be defective in cystic fibrosis. Gene encodes a chloride channel, homologous to a family of proteins that actively transport small solutes in an ATP dependent manner (ABC transporters). The regulator protein is a protein which is embedded in the cell membrane and acts as a channel for certain ions to be transported into or out of the cell. The disease cystic fibrosis is caused by a defect in the gene for this protein. (09 Oct 1997) |
| progressive massive fibrosis | <radiology> Progressive massive fibrosis, silicosis (properly conglomerate nodules, not progressive massive fibrosis), coal worker's pneumoconiosis, density (conglomerate mass) in upper lobe, retracts toward hilum, leaves emphysematous change (bullae) at lung periphery (12 Dec 1998) |
| hepatitis, alcoholic | An acute or chronic degenerative and inflammatory lesion of the liver in the alcoholic which is potentially progressive though sometimes reversible. It does not necessarily include steatosis, fibrosis, or cirrhosis of alcoholics, although it is frequently associated with these conditions. It is characterised by liver cell necrosis, infiltration by polymorphonuclear leukocytes and lymphocytes, and mallory bodies. The morphologic changes of chronic alcoholic hepatitis are not likely to be confused with chronic hepatitis (hepatitis, chronic). (12 Dec 1998) |
| psychoses, alcoholic | A group of mental disorders associated with organic brain damage and caused by poisoning from alcohol. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pulmonary fibrosis | Chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls, with steadily progressive dyspnea, resulting finally in death from oxygen lack or right heart failure. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Stearns alcoholic amentia | A temporary alcoholic mental disorder resembling delirium tremens but lasting for a longer time and showing a greater degree of amnesia and other mental defects. (05 Mar 2000) |
| subadventitial fibrosis | Fibrosis in the outer media of arteries, usually the renal arteries of young women, where it causes segmental stenosis and hypertension; a variety of fibromuscular dysplasia. Synonym: subadventitial fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodular subepidermal fibrosis | A slowly growing benign skin nodule consisting of poorly demarcated cellular fibrous tissue enclosing collapsed capillaries with scattered haemosiderin-pigmented and lipid macrophages. They are common, usually about 1 cm in diameter and occur in the dermis. Simple excision is always curative. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Symmers' fibrosis | A characteristic pipe-shaped fibrosis formed around hepatic portal veins in some cases of long-continued heavy infection with Schistosoma mansoni; thought to be induced by the presence of large numbers of schistosome eggs in the hepatic tissues. Synonym: Symmers' clay pipestem fibrosis, Symmers' fibrosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| diffuse interstitial fibrosis | Progressive fibrous changes and scarring within the lung tissue, eventually interfering with normal gas exchange. (27 Sep 1997) |