| 영문 | gene therapy | 한글 | 유전자요법 |
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| 설명 | 유전병을 치료할 목적으로, 정상적으로 기능하는 단일유전자 혹은 복수유전자를 어떤 기원에서 얻어내어 생세포에 도입하는 것. 유전물질은 유전자삽입 조작에 의해 수용세포에로 도입된다. 즉, 유전자를 끼워 넣은 새로운 세포를 사용하는 치료로서 1980년 미국의 학자가 지중해빈혈환자에게 강행하여 비판을 받았지만, 미국 국립보건연구소는 1990년 9월 아데노신 데아미나아제(adenosine deaminase, ADA) 결핍증 환자의 림프구에 ADA 유전자를 끼워 넣는 치료를 시작한 이래 현재는 암을 포함한 많은 질병들을 치료하는 목적으로 쓰인다. |
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| 영문 | Electric convulsive therapy(ECT) | 한글 | 전기경련요법 |
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| 설명 | 뇌에 전기 자극을 주어 인위적으로 경련을 유발함으로써 정신 병을 치료하는 방법. 전기쇼크요법(electroshock therapy)이라고도 한다. 1938년에 이탈리아의 체를레티와 비니에 의해 시작되었다. 작용기전은 확실치 않으나 뇌의 신진대사, 생화학 및 효소 등에 변화를 일으킨다는 생물학적, 생화학적 학설이 유력하다. 적응증으로 가장 효과적인 병은 우울증으로 특히 여성에서 갱년기에 호발하는 갱년기 우울증, 우울증과 조증(아주 기분이 좋은 상태가 지속되는 정신병)이 일정한 주기를 두고 반복하는 조울증에 잘 쓰이며, 80~90%에서 효과가 있다. |
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| APTF | American Physical Therapy Foundation |
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| CPT | carnitine palmityl transferase; carotid pulse tracing; chest physiotherapy; child protection team; c... |
| PhTD | Doctor of Physical Therapy |
| Phys | Ther physical therapist or therapy |
| PPT | parietal pleural tissue; partial prothrombin time; peak-to-peak threshold; Pfeiffer-Palm-Teller [syn... |
| anticoagulant therapy | The use of anticoagulant drugs to reduce or prevent intravascular or intracardiac clotting. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| antisense therapy | Use of antisense DNA for the inhibition of translation of a specific gene product for therapeutic purposes. (05 Mar 2000) |
| art therapy | The use of art as an adjunctive therapy in the treatment of neurological, mental, or behavioural disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| autoserum therapy | Therapy with serum obtained from the patient's own blood. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aversion therapy | <psychology> A form of behaviour therapy that pairs an unpleasant stimulus with undesirable behaviour(s) so that the patient learns to avoid the latter. See: aversive training. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aversive therapy | <psychology> A treatment that suppresses undesirable behaviour by simultaneously exposing the subject to unpleasant consequences. (12 Dec 1998) |
| behaviour therapy | The application of modern theories of learning and conditioning in the treatment of behaviour disorders. (12 Dec 1998) |
| biological therapy | <oncology> Treatment with substances that can stimulate the immune system to fight disease more effectively. Synonym: immunotherapy. (16 Dec 1997) |
| boron neutron capture therapy | A technique for the treatment of neoplasms, especially gliomas and melanomas in which boron-10, an isotope, is introduced into the target cells followed by irradiation with thermal neutrons. (12 Dec 1998) |
| radiation therapy | <radiobiology> Treatment with high energy radiation from X-rays or other sources of radiation. (16 Dec 1997) |
| radium beam therapy | Therapeutic use of radium rays, the source of which is a quantity of radium at a distance from the patient. Synonym: radium beam therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palliative therapy | <procedure> A procedure such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery that is performed to relieve or ease pain or other symptoms. (16 Dec 1997) |
| maintenance drug therapy | In chemotherapy, systematic dosage at a level that maintains protection against exacerbation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| maintenance therapy | Extended drug therapy, usually at a diminished dose, administered after a disease has been brought under control. Maintenance therapy is utilised when a complete cure is not possible, and a disease is likely to recur if therapy is halted. (09 Oct 1997) |
| rational therapy | Therapeutic procedures introduced by Albert Ellis and based on the premise that lack of information or illogical thought patterns are basic causes of a patient's difficulties; it is assumed that the patient can be assisted in overcoming his or her problems by a direct, prescriptive, advice-giving approach by the therapist. (05 Mar 2000) |
| physical therapy |
Treatment for medical disorders using physical or mechanical therapeutic measures.
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| physical therapy |
The treatment of disease by physical and mechanical means (as massage, regulated exercise, water, light, heat, and electricity)
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| physical therapy |
Therapy performed by a licensed practitioner who works with the physical aspects of a medical illness and specializes in the use of exercise to treat physical conditions. The physical therapist can also prescribe splints, canes, special shoes and other assistive devices.
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| physical therapy aide |
A person who is trained by a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant to provide support services, such as tasks that do not require clinical decision making or problem solving, in physical therapy. Physical thera
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| physical therapy diagnosis |
1. A clinical classification of a patient's impairments, functional limitations, and disabilities by a physical therapist. 2. The use of data obtained by physical therapy examination and other relevant information to
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