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Legal Case
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D016418 |
[Work consisting of collections of law reports or the published reports of decided cases and documents or filings related to those cases.
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Legal Epidemiology
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D000080030 |
[Systematic, scientific collection and analysis of laws of public health significance.
, Scientific study of law as a factor in the cause, distribution, and prevention of disease and injury. (From https://read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/article/41/6/1151/40084/Policy-Surveillance-A-Vital-Public-Health-Practice).
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Legal Guardians
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D007872 |
[A legal concept for individuals who are designated to act on behalf of persons who are considered incapable of acting in their own behalf, e.g., minors and persons found to be not mentally competent.
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Legal Services
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D000067408 |
[Services provided by ATTORNEYS and paralegal staff.
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Legendary Creatures
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D000068636 |
[Mythical humans believed to have the ability to shape-shift into a wolf or wolf-like creature during a full moon. This condition, also known as lycanthropy, may be historically based on persons suffering from HYPERTRICHOSIS. Clinical lycanthropy refers to the psychiatric syndrome where individuals are under the delusion that they can transform, or have transformed into an animal.
, Mythical blood-sucking humans who rise from the grave at night to prey on the living. Historically, vampire legend dates from ancient times and may be based on persons suffering from RABIES; PELLAGRA; or especially PORPHYRIAS, who exhibit sensitivity to sunlight, abnormal, reddish-brown discoloration of the TEETH, and madness or melancholy disposition. Clinical vampirism includes persons who drink the blood of others or themselves.
, An unverified animal or humanoid, sometimes supernatural, often believed to be real and described in MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, or legends. Some legendary creatures, such as the unicorn, were documented in scholarly antiquarian accounts of natural history.
, A tall, ape-like creature that is suggested to be descended from humans and that lives in the Himalayan regions of Nepal and Tibet.
, Mythical creatures commonly described as horses with a long single horn on their foreheads that symbolized purity. It was believed that their horns could be used for medicinal purposes and dust or liquid from the horns could protect a human from diseases and poisons.
, Half-human sea creatures with the head and torso of a woman and the tail of a fish. Commonly believed in FOLKLORE, these creatures have relevance to the disorder known as SIRENOMELIA in which the legs or other bones and limbs are fused together.
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Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease
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D007873 |
[A particular type of FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS occurring in children, mainly male, with a course of four years or so.
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Leghemoglobin
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D007874 |
[A hemoglobin-like oxygen-binding hemeprotein present in the nitrogen-fixing root nodules of leguminous plants. The red pigment has a molecular weight approximately 1/4 that of hemoglobin and has been suggested to act as an oxido-reduction catalyst in symbiotic nitrogen fixation.
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Legionella
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D007875 |
[Gram-negative aerobic rods, isolated from surface water or thermally polluted lakes or streams. Member are pathogenic for man. Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent for LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE.
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Legionella longbeachae
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D044128 |
[A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria in the genus LEGIONELLA, first isolated in Long Beach, California. Infection is associated with the use of contaminated potting SOIL.
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Legionella pneumophila
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D016952 |
[A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the causative agent of LEGIONNAIRES' DISEASE. It has been isolated from numerous environmental sites as well as from human lung tissue, respiratory secretions, and blood.
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Legionellaceae
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D016951 |
[A family of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that do not form endospores or microcysts.
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Legionellosis
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D007876 |
[Infections with bacteria of the genus LEGIONELLA.
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Legionnaires' Disease
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D007877 |
[An acute, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like bacterial infection characterized by high fever, malaise, muscle aches, respiratory disorders and headache. It is named for an outbreak at the 1976 Philadelphia convention of the American Legion.
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Legislation
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D020485 |
[Works consisting of the text of proposed or enacted legislation that may be in the form of bills, laws, statutes, ordinances, or government regulations.
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Legislation as Topic
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D007878 |
[Works about the enactment of laws and ordinances and their regulation by official organs of a nation, state, or other legislative organization. It refers also to health-related laws and regulations in general or for which there is no specific descriptor.
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Legislation, Dental
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D007879 |
[Laws and regulations pertaining to the field of dentistry, proposed for enactment or recently enacted by a legislative body.
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Legislation, Drug
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D007880 |
[Laws concerned with manufacturing, dispensing, and marketing of drugs.
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Legislation, Food
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D007881 |
[Laws and regulations concerned with industrial processing and marketing of foods and beverages.
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Legislation, Hospital
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D007882 |
[Laws and regulations concerning hospitals, which are proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body.
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Legislation, Medical
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D007883 |
[Laws and regulations, pertaining to the field of medicine, proposed for enactment or enacted by a legislative body.
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