Systemic-onset juvenile chronic arthritis
Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid.
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A form of joint disease in children whose systemic signs and symptoms include high intermittent fever, a salmon-colored skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis), and inflammation around the heart (pericarditis). The arthritis itself may not be immediately apparent, but in time it surfaces and may […]
- Systems biology
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The time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the heart contracts. The final letter in “systole” is pronounced as a long “e” as in “lee.” The adjective for systole is systolic. The systolic pressure is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle […]
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The blood pressure when the heart is contracting. It is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart. The time at which ventricular contraction occurs is called systole. In a blood pressure reading, the systolic pressure is typically the first number recorded. For example, with a blood pressure of […]
- Syndrome, Poland
191, 1841). Poland became a celebrated surgeon and ophthalmologist but had to retire in 1867 due to a chronic cough. He died in 1872 at the age of 51 of “consumption of the lungs” (pulmonary tuberculosis). Although Poland could never have discovered this syndrome without George Elt, Mr. Elt has not been credited nor has […]