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Alzheimer Disease--Drug Therapy 1 0
Ambulances

Use for: Emergency Mobile Units , Mobile Emergency Units

  • A vehicle equipped for transporting patients in need of emergency care.
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Ambulatory Care

Use for: Clinic Visits , Health Services, Outpatient , Outpatient Care, Outpatient Health Services , Outpatient Services , Services, Outpatient Health , Urgent Care

  • Health care services provided to patients on an ambulatory basis, rather than by admission to a hospital or other health care facility. The services may be a part of a hospital, augmenting its inpatient services, or may be provided at a free-standing facility.
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Ambulatory Care Facilities (1)

Use for: Abortion Centers , Abortion Clinics , Ambulatory Care Facilities, Non Hospital , Ambulatory Care Facilities, Non-Hospital , Ambulatory Care Facilities, Nonhospital , Clinic Activities , Clinics, Free-Standing , Family Planning Centers , Health Centers, Ambulatory , Outpatient Clinic , Outpatient Clinics , Urgent Care Centers , Urgent Care Clinics

  • Those facilities which administer health services to individuals who do not require hospitalization or institutionalization.
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American Native Continental Ancestry Group (2)
  • Individuals whose ancestral origins are in the continents of the Americas.
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American Natives

Use for: American Indians , Indians, American , Native Americans, Native Americans, Federally-recognized

  • Members of indigenous populations within the United States.with pre-colonial contact origins.
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins (4)
  • Amino acids and chains of amino acids connected by peptide linkages.
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Amniocentesis
  • Percutaneous transabdominal puncture of the uterus during pregnancy to obtain amniotic fluid. It is commonly used for fetal karyotype determination in order to diagnose abnormal fetal conditions.
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Amputation, Surgical

Use for: Amputation, Amputation, Multiple, Surgical, Multiple Amputation, Surgical, Surgical Amputation Procedures

  • The surgical removal of part of, or all of, a limb or other appendage or outgrowth of the body.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Use for: ALS, ALS - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Dementia, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Guam Form, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex of Guam, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis-Parkinsonism-Dementia Complex 1, Charcot Disease, Dementia With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Gehrig's Disease, Guam Disease, Guam Form of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Lou Gehrig Disease, Lou Gehrig's Disease, Lou-Gehrigs Disease , Motor Neuron Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

  • A degenerative disorder affecting upper MOTOR NEURONS in the brain and lower motor neurons in the brain stem and SPINAL CORD. Disease onset is usually after the age of 50 and the process is usually fatal within 3 to 6 years. Clinical manifestations include progressive weakness, atrophy, FASCICULATION, hyperreflexia, DYSARTHRIA, dysphagia, and eventual paralysis of respiratory function. Pathologic features include the replacement of motor neurons with fibrous ASTROCYTES and atrophy of anterior SPINAL NERVE ROOTS and corticospinal tracts. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1089-94)
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