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Criminology
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D003418 |
[The study of crime and criminals with special reference to the personality factors and social conditions leading toward, or away from crime.
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Crinivirus
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D029383 |
[A genus of plant viruses in the family CLOSTEROVIRIDAE. Transmission is by whiteflies. Lettuce infectious yellows virus is the type species.
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Crinum
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D031407 |
[A plant genus of the family Amaryllidaceae that contains ALKALOIDS.
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Crisis Intervention
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D003419 |
[Brief therapeutic approach which is ameliorative rather than curative of acute psychiatric emergencies. Used in contexts such as emergency rooms of psychiatric or general hospitals, or in the home or place of crisis occurrence, this treatment approach focuses on interpersonal and intrapsychic factors and environmental modification. (APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 7th ed)
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Crisscross Heart
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D003420 |
[A developmental malformation of the heart characterized by a twisted but not defective atrioventicular connection. The abnormal rotation of the ventricular mass around its long axis results in the crossing of the inflow streams of the two ventricles. Other features include hypoplasia of the TRICUSPID VALVE and RIGHT VENTRICLE.
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Crithidia
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D003421 |
[A genus of parasitic protozoans found in the digestive tract of invertebrates, especially insects. Organisms of this genus have an amastigote and choanomastigote stage in their life cycle.
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Crithidia fasciculata
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D016831 |
[A species of monogenetic, parasitic protozoa usually found in insects.
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Critical Care
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D003422 |
[Advanced and highly specialized care provided to medical or surgical patients whose conditions are life-threatening and require comprehensive care and constant monitoring. It is usually administered in specially equipped units of a health care facility.
, Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis.
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Critical Care Nursing
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D064648 |
[A nursing specialty that deals specifically with the care of patients who are critically ill.
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Critical Care Outcomes
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D000066891 |
[A measure of the mortality and morbidity rates among patients who receive CRITICAL CARE and INTENSIVE CARE as determined from the date of hospital discharge or release.
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Critical Illness
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D016638 |
[A disease or state in which death is possible or imminent.
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Critical Pathways
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D019091 |
[Schedules of medical and nursing procedures, including diagnostic tests, medications, and consultations designed to effect an efficient, coordinated program of treatment. (From Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed)
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Critical Period, Psychological
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D003423 |
[A specific stage in animal and human development during which certain types of behavior normally are shaped and molded for life.
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Crizotinib
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D000077547 |
[A piperidine and aminopyridine derivative that acts as an inhibitor of RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES, including ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE (ALK) and HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR (HGFR; c-Met). It is used in the treatment of NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER.
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Crk-Associated Substrate Protein
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D050719 |
[A highly phosphorylated 130 kDa protein that associates with ONCOGENE PROTEIN CRK and ONCOGENE PROTEIN SRC. It undergoes tyrosine PHOSPHORYLATION in signaling pathways that regulate CELL MIGRATION and CELL PROLIFERATION.
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Croatia
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D017523 |
[Created 7 April 1992 as a result of the division of Yugoslavia.
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Crocus
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D027622 |
[A plant genus, in the IRIDACEAE family, known as a source of Saffron.
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Crohn Disease
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D003424 |
[A chronic transmural inflammation that may involve any part of the DIGESTIVE TRACT from MOUTH to ANUS, mostly found in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the COLON. In Crohn disease, the inflammation, extending through the intestinal wall from the MUCOSA to the serosa, is characteristically asymmetric and segmental. Epithelioid GRANULOMAS may be seen in some patients.
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Cromakalim
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D019806 |
[A potassium-channel opening vasodilator that has been investigated in the management of hypertension. It has also been tried in patients with asthma. (Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p352)
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Cromolyn Sodium
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D004205 |
[A chromone complex that acts by inhibiting the release of chemical mediators from sensitized MAST CELLS. It is used in the prophylactic treatment of both allergic and exercise-induced asthma, but does not affect an established asthmatic attack.
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