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Urology (from Greek οὖρον ouron "urine" and -λογία -logia "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary system and the reproductive organs. Organs under the domain of urology include the kidneys, adrenal glands, ureters, urinary bladder ...
IgG4-related disease ( IgG4-RD ), formerly known as IgG4-related systemic disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition characterized by tissue infiltration with lymphocytes and IgG4 -secreting plasma cells, various degrees of fibrosis (scarring) and a usually prompt response to oral steroids. In approximately 51–70% of people with this ...
Arnold William Klein (February 27, 1945 – October 22, 2015) was an American dermatologist. [2] In the infancy of the AIDS epidemic, Klein became one of the first doctors in Los Angeles to diagnose a case of Kaposi's sarcoma in a young patient. [3] He also worked closely with American pop musician Michael Jackson, diagnosing him with discoid ...
Sigmund Freud (/ f r ɔɪ d / FROYD, German: [ˈziːkmʊnt ˈfrɔʏt]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies seen as originating from conflicts in the psyche, through dialogue between patient and psychoanalyst, and the distinctive theory of mind and ...
Nephrology (from Greek nephros "kidney", combined with the suffix -logy, "the study of") is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function ( renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the ...
Years active. 2004–present. Known for. Medical practice and oncology research. Title. Director of the. Uganda Cancer Institute. Jackson Orem is a physician, medical oncologist and researcher in Uganda. He has served as the director of the Uganda Cancer Institute, since 2004.
8 November 1909. Philippine Islands. Died. 1 March 1989. Education. University of Virginia. William Bennett Bean (November 8, 1909 the Philippines – March 1, 1989) [1] was an internist, medical historian, teacher and collector. [2] He coined the term venous lake.
PTPN11. Tyrosine-protein phosphatase non-receptor type 11 ( PTPN11) also known as protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1D ( PTP-1D ), Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-2 ( SHP-2 ), or protein-tyrosine phosphatase 2C ( PTP-2C) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PTPN11 gene. PTPN11 is a protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) Shp2 ...
Mr. Bean is a fictional character from the British comedy television programme Mr. Bean, its animated spin-off, and two live-action feature films. He was created by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis , portrayed by Atkinson, and made his first appearance on television in the pilot episode , which first aired on 1 January 1990.
Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine and was a pioneer in the industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and sitosterol.