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Paracrine Communication
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D019899 |
[Cellular signaling in which a factor secreted by a cell affects other cells in the local environment. This term is often used to denote the action of INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS on surrounding cells.
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Paraduodenal Hernia
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D000082123 |
[A protrusion of the SMALL INTESTINE through an opening in the MESENTERY.
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Paraffin
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D010232 |
[A mixture of solid hydrocarbons obtained from petroleum. It has a wide range of uses including as a stiffening agent in ointments, as a lubricant, and as a topical anti-inflammatory. It is also commonly used as an embedding material in histology.
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Paraffin Embedding
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D016612 |
[The infiltrating of tissue specimens with paraffin, as a supporting substance, to prepare for sectioning with a microtome.
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Paraganglia, Chromaffin
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D010233 |
[Small bodies containing chromaffin cells occurring outside of the adrenal medulla, most commonly near the sympathetic ganglia and in organs such as the kidney, liver, heart and gonads.
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Paraganglia, Nonchromaffin
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D010234 |
[Several clusters of chemoreceptive and supporting cells associated with blood vessels and nerves (especially the glossopharyngeal and vagus). The nonchromaffin paraganglia sense pH, carbon dioxide, and oxygen concentrations in the blood and participate in respiratory, and perhaps circulatory, control. They include the CAROTID BODY; AORTIC BODIES; the GLOMUS JUGULARE; and the GLOMUS TYMPANICUM.
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Paraganglioma
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D010235 |
[A neural crest tumor usually derived from the chromoreceptor tissue of a paraganglion, such as the carotid body, or medulla of the adrenal gland (usually called a chromaffinoma or pheochromocytoma). It is more common in women than in men. (Stedman, 25th ed; from Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992)
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Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal
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D010236 |
[A relatively rare, usually benign neoplasm originating in the chemoreceptor tissue of the CAROTID BODY; GLOMUS JUGULARE; GLOMUS TYMPANICUM; AORTIC BODIES; and the female genital tract. It consists histologically of rounded or ovoid hyperchromatic cells that tend to be grouped in an alveolus-like pattern within a scant to moderate amount of fibrous stroma and a few large thin-walled vascular channels. (From Stedman, 27th ed)
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Paragonimiasis
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D010237 |
[Infection with TREMATODA of the genus PARAGONIMUS.
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Paragonimus
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D010238 |
[A genus of lung flukes of the family Troglotrematidae infecting humans and animals. This genus consists of several species one of which is PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI, a common lung fluke in humans.
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Paragonimus westermani
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D048492 |
[A species of lung fluke infecting humans and other animals, and found chiefly in Asia and the Far East.
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Paraguay
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D010239 |
[A country in central South America, northeast of Argentina, southwest of Brazil. The capital is Asuncion.
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Parahippocampal Gyrus
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D020534 |
[A convolution on the inferior surface of each cerebral hemisphere, lying between the hippocampal and collateral sulci.
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Parainfluenza Vaccines
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D022241 |
[Vaccines or candidate vaccines used to prevent infection with parainfluenza viruses in humans and animals.
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Parainfluenza Virus 1, Human
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D010222 |
[A species of RESPIROVIRUS also called hemadsorption virus 2 (HA2), which causes laryngotracheitis in humans, especially children.
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Parainfluenza Virus 2, Human
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D010223 |
[A species of RUBULAVIRUS associated particularly with acute laryngotracheitis (CROUP) in children aged 6 months to 3 years.
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Parainfluenza Virus 3, Bovine
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D029101 |
[A species of RESPIROVIRUS, subfamily PARAMYXOVIRINAE, most often seen in conjunction with a secondary infection of MANNHEIMIA HAEMOLYTICA resulting in pneumonic pasteurellosis (PASTEURELLOSIS, PNEUMONIC).
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Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human
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D010224 |
[A species of RESPIROVIRUS frequently isolated from small children with pharyngitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia.
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Parainfluenza Virus 4, Human
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D029482 |
[A species of RUBULAVIRUS causing endemic upper respiratory infections in children. It produces only a mild clinical disease and often goes undetected.
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Parainfluenza Virus 5
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D045402 |
[A species of RUBULAVIRUS originally isolated from cultured primary monkey cells. Its natural host is the DOG in which it causes kennel cough, but it can also infect humans.
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