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Delusions
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D003702 |
[A false belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that persists despite the facts, and is not considered tenable by one's associates.
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Demeclocycline
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D003707 |
[A TETRACYCLINE analog having a 7-chloro and a 6-methyl. Because it is excreted more slowly than tetracycline, it maintains effective blood levels for longer periods of time.
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Demecolcine
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D003703 |
[An alkaloid isolated from Colchicum autumnale L. and used as an antineoplastic.
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Dementia
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D003704 |
[An acquired organic mental disorder with loss of intellectual abilities of sufficient severity to interfere with social or occupational functioning. The dysfunction is multifaceted and involves memory, behavior, personality, judgment, attention, spatial relations, language, abstract thought, and other executive functions. The intellectual decline is usually progressive, and initially spares the level of consciousness.
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Dementia, Multi-Infarct
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D015161 |
[Loss of higher cortical functions with retained awareness due to multiple cortical or subcortical CEREBRAL INFARCTION. Memory, judgment, attention span, and impulse control are often impaired, and may be accompanied by PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; HEMIPARESIS; reflex abnormalities, and other signs of localized neurologic dysfunction. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1060)
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Dementia, Vascular
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D015140 |
[An imprecise term referring to dementia associated with CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS, including CEREBRAL INFARCTION (single or multiple), and conditions associated with chronic BRAIN ISCHEMIA. Diffuse, cortical, and subcortical subtypes have been described. (From Gerontol Geriatr 1998 Feb;31(1):36-44)
, A form of dementia characterized by brain lesions in the deep white-matter, also known as subcortical dementia.
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Demethylation
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D000073398 |
[Removal of one or more methyl groups from a chemical compound.
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Democracy
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D003709 |
[A system of government in which there is free and equal participation by the people in the political decision-making process.
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Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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D056911 |
[A country located on the Korean Peninsula whose capital is Pyongyang. The country was established September 9, 1948.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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D015023 |
[A republic in central Africa, east of the REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, south of the CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC and north of ANGOLA and ZAMBIA. The capital is Kinshasa.
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Demography
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D003710 |
[Statistical interpretation and description of a population with reference to distribution, composition, or structure.
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Demoralization
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D000079224 |
[Weakening of hope, courage, or confidence.
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Demulcents
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D065106 |
[Compounds that form soothing films on the surface of MUCOUS MEMBRANES. They are generally used as agents to protect the integrity of internal EPITHELIUM.
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Demyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNS
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D020278 |
[Conditions characterized by loss or dysfunction of myelin (see MYELIN SHEATH) in the brain, spinal cord, or optic nerves secondary to autoimmune mediated processes. This may take the form of a humoral or cellular immune response directed toward myelin or OLIGODENDROGLIA associated autoantigens.
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Demyelinating Diseases
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D003711 |
[The first region-restricted episode of CNS inflammatory demyelination in a patient. It is usually characterized by an acute monosymptomatic presentation of the optic nerves, brainstem, or spinal cord. It may not reoccur (isolated), or it may progress to MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
, Diseases characterized by loss or dysfunction of myelin in the central or peripheral nervous system.
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Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis
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D058645 |
[Electrophoresis in which various denaturant gradients are used to induce nucleic acids to melt at various stages resulting in separation of molecules based on small sequence differences including SNPs. The denaturants used include heat, formamide, and urea.
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Dendrimers
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D050091 |
[Tree-like, highly branched, polymeric compounds. They grow three-dimensionally by the addition of shells of branched molecules to a central core. The overall globular shape and presence of cavities gives potential as drug carriers and CONTRAST AGENTS.
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Dendrites
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D003712 |
[Extensions of the nerve cell body. They are short and branched and receive stimuli from other NEURONS.
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Dendritic Cell Sarcoma, Follicular
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D054740 |
[Sarcoma of FOLLICULAR DENDRITIC CELLS most often found in the lymph nodes. This rare neoplasm occurs predominately in adults.
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Dendritic Cell Sarcoma, Interdigitating
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D054739 |
[A rare sarcoma of INTERDIGITATING CELLS found in the lymph nodes and non-lymphoid organs. They exhibit a variable immunophenotype and lack Birbeck granules.
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