| HTN | Hantaan-[like virus]; histatin; hypertension; hypertensive nephropathy |
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| IgAN | immunoglobulin A nephropathy |
| IgMN | immunoglobulin M nephropathy |
| MCN | maternal child nursing; minimal change nephropathy; mixed cell nodular [lymphoma] |
| MLN | manifest latent nystagmus; membranous lupus nephropathy; mesenteric lymph node; motilin |
| MCN | Minimal change nephropathy |
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| RN | Reflux nephropathy |
| MGN | membranous nephropathy |
| tertian malaria | <disease, microbiology> A type of malaria caused by the protozoan Plasmodium vivax, it isthe most common form of the disease, is rarely fatal but is the most difficult to cure, and is characterised by fevers that typically occur every other day. (11 Nov 1997) |
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| therapeutic malaria | Intentionally induced malaria, formerly used against neurosyphilis and certain other paralytic diseases; the mechanism is thought to be immunological, with Plasmodium antibodies cross-reacting against the spirochetes or other agents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| falciparum malaria | <infectious disease> A tropical parasitic disease caused by one of the genus Plasmodium and carried by infected mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles. This parasite uses red blood cells to complete its reproductive cycle. Common symptoms of an attack include high fever, chills, sweats and body aches. (27 Sep 1997) |