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F Factor - A plasmid whose presence in the cell, either extrachromosomal or integrated into the BACTERIAL CHROM...

F2-Isoprostanes - Isoprostanes derived from the free radical oxidation of ARACHIDONIC ACID. Although similar in struct...

Fabaceae - The large family of plants characterized by pods. Some are edible and some cause LATHYRISM or FAVISM...

Fabavirus - A genus of the family COMOVIRIDAE with a wide host range among dicotyledons and some monocotyledons....

Fabry Disease - An X-linked inherited metabolic disease caused by a deficiency of lysosomal ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE A. I...

Face - The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, ey...

Facial Asymmetry - Congenital or acquired asymmetry of the face....

Facial Bones - The facial skeleton, consisting of bones situated between the cranial base and the mandibular region...

Facial Expression - Observable changes of expression in the face in response to emotional stimuli....

Facial Hemiatrophy - A syndrome characterized by slowly progressive unilateral atrophy of facial subcutaneous fat, muscle...

Facial Injuries - General or unspecified injuries to the soft tissue or bony portions of the face....

Facial Muscles - Muscles of facial expression or mimetic muscles that include the numerous muscles supplied by the fa...

Facial Nerve - The 7th cranial nerve. The facial nerve has two parts, the larger motor root which may be called the...

Facial Nerve Diseases - Diseases of the facial nerve or nuclei. Pontine disorders may affect the facial nuclei or nerve fasc...

Facial Nerve Injuries - Traumatic injuries to the facial nerve. This may result in FACIAL PARALYSIS, decreased lacrimation a...

Facial Neuralgia - Neuralgic syndromes and other conditions which feature chronic or recurrent FACIAL PAIN as the prima...

Facial Pain - Pain in the facial region including orofacial pain and craniofacial pain. Associated conditions incl...

Facial Paralysis - Severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. This condition may result from central or p...

Facial Transplantation - The transference between individuals of the entire face or major facial structures. In addition to t...

Facies - The appearance of the face that is often characteristic of a disease or pathological condition, as t...

Facilitated Diffusion - The passive movement of molecules exceeding the rate expected by simple diffusion. No energy is expe...

Facility Design and Construction - Architecture, exterior and interior design, and construction of facilities other than hospitals, e.g...

Facility Regulation and Control - Formal voluntary or governmental procedures and standards required of hospitals and health or other ...

Factitious Disorders - Disorders characterized by physical or psychological symptoms that are not real, genuine, or natural...

Factor Analysis, Statistical - A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to esti...

Factor For Inversion Stimulation Protein - A highly abundant DNA binding protein whose expression is strongly correlated with the growth phase ...

Factor IX - Storage-stable blood coagulation factor acting in the intrinsic pathway. Its activated form, IXa, fo...

Factor IXa - Activated form of factor IX. This activation can take place via the intrinsic pathway by the action ...

Factor V - Heat- and storage-labile plasma glycoprotein which accelerates the conversion of prothrombin to thro...

Factor V Deficiency - A deficiency of blood coagulation factor V (known as proaccelerin or accelerator globulin or labile ...

Factor Va - Activated form of factor V. It is an essential cofactor for the activation of prothrombin catalyzed ...

Factor VII - Heat- and storage-stable plasma protein that is activated by tissue thromboplastin to form factor VI...

Factor VII Deficiency - An autosomal recessive characteristic or a coagulation disorder acquired in association with VITAMIN...

Factor VIIa - Activated form of factor VII. Factor VIIa activates factor X in the extrinsic pathway of blood coagu...

Factor VIII - Blood-coagulation factor VIII. Antihemophilic factor that is part of the factor VIII/von Willebrand ...

Factor VIIIa - Activated form of factor VIII. The B-domain of factor VIII is proteolytically cleaved by thrombin to...

Factor X - Storage-stable glycoprotein blood coagulation factor that can be activated to factor Xa by both the ...

Factor X Deficiency - Blood coagulation disorder usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, though it can be acqui...

Factor Xa - Activated form of factor X that participates in both the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of blood c...

Factor XI - Stable blood coagulation factor involved in the intrinsic pathway. The activated form XIa activates ...

Factor XI Deficiency - A hereditary deficiency of blood coagulation factor XI (also known as plasma thromboplastin antecede...

Factor XIa - Activated form of factor XI. In the intrinsic pathway, Factor XI is activated to XIa by factor XIIa ...

Factor XII - Stable blood coagulation factor activated by contact with the subendothelial surface of an injured v...

Factor XII Deficiency - An absence or reduced level of blood coagulation factor XII. It normally occurs in the absence of pa...

Factor XIIa - Activated form of factor XII. In the initial event in the intrinsic pathway of blood coagulation, ka...

Factor XIII - A fibrin-stabilizing plasma enzyme (TRANSGLUTAMINASES) that is activated by THROMBIN and CALCIUM to ...

Factor XIII Deficiency - A deficiency of blood coagulation FACTOR XIII or fibrin stabilizing factor (FSF) that prevents blood...

Factor XIIIa - Activated form of FACTOR XIII, a transglutaminase, which stabilizes the formation of the fibrin poly...

Faculty - The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in an educational in...

Faculty, Dental - The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a dental school....

Faculty, Medical - The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a medical school....

Faculty, Nursing - The teaching staff and members of the administrative staff having academic rank in a nursing school....

Fadrozole - A selective aromatase inhibitor effective in the treatment of estrogen-dependent disease including b...

Fagaceae - A plant family of the order Fagales subclass Hamamelidae, class Magnoliopsida....

Fagopyrum - A plant genus of the family POLYGONACEAE that is used as a cereal grain. Although the seeds are used...

Fagus - A plant genus of the family FAGACEAE....

Failed Back Surgery Syndrome - A condition of persistent pain and discomfort in the BACK and the LEG following lumbar surgery, ofte...

Failure to Thrive - A condition in which an infant or child's weight gain and growth are far below usual levels for age....

Faith Healing - The use of faith and spirit to cure disease....

Falconiformes - An order of diurnal BIRDS of prey, including EAGLES; HAWKS; buzzards; vultures; and falcons....

Falkland Islands - A British colony in the Atlantic Islands, comprising two principal islands, East Falkland and West F...

Fallopian Tube Diseases - Diseases involving the FALLOPIAN TUBES including neoplasms (FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS); SALPINGITIS; ...

Fallopian Tube Neoplasms - Benign or malignant neoplasms of the FALLOPIAN TUBES. They are uncommon. If they develop, they may b...

Fallopian Tube Patency Tests - Methods for assessing the patency of the fallopian tubes....

Fallopian Tubes - A pair of highly specialized muscular canals extending from the UTERUS to its corresponding OVARY. T...

False Negative Reactions - Negative test results in subjects who possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The lab...

False Positive Reactions - Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. ...

Familial Mediterranean Fever - A group of HEREDITARY AUTOINFLAMMATION DISEASES, characterized by recurrent fever, abdominal pain, h...

Family - A social group consisting of parents or parent substitutes and children....

Family Characteristics - Size and composition of the family....

Family Conflict - Struggle or disagreement between parents, parent and child or other members of a family....

Family Health - The health status of the family as a unit including the impact of the health of one member of the fa...

Family Leave - The authorized absence from work of a family member to attend the illness or participate in the care...

Family Nursing - The provision of care involving the nursing process, to families and family members in health and il...

Family Planning Policy - A course or method of action selected, usually by a government, to guide and determine present and f...

Family Planning Services - Health care programs or services designed to assist individuals in the planning of family size. Vari...

Family Practice - A medical specialty concerned with the provision of continuing, comprehensive primary health care fo...

Family Relations - Behavioral, psychological, and social relations among various members of the nuclear family and the ...

Family Therapy - A form of group psychotherapy. It involves treatment of more than one member of the family simultane...

Famotidine - A competitive histamine H2-receptor antagonist. Its main pharmacodynamic effect is the inhibition of...

Fanconi Anemia - Congenital disorder affecting all bone marrow elements, resulting in ANEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; and THROMBO...

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein - A Fanconi anemia complementation group protein that is the most commonly mutated protein in FANCONI ...

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein - A Fanconi anemia complementation group protein that regulates the activities of CYTOCHROME P450 REDU...

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group D2 Protein - A Fanconi anemia complementation group protein that undergoes mono-ubiquitination by FANCL PROTEIN i...

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group E Protein - A Fanconi anemia complementation group protein that interacts with FANCC PROTEIN and FANCD2 PROTEIN....

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group F Protein - A Fanconi anemia complementation group protein. It is an essential component of a nuclear core compl...

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group G Protein - A Fanconi anemia complementation group protein that undergoes PHOSPHORYLATION by CDC2 PROTEIN KINASE...

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group L Protein - An E3 UBIQUITIN LIGASE that plays a key role in the DNA damage response pathway of FANCONI ANEMIA PR...

Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins - A diverse group of proteins whose genetic MUTATIONS have been associated with the chromosomal instab...

Fanconi Syndrome - A hereditary or acquired form of generalized dysfunction of the PROXIMAL KIDNEY TUBULE without prima...

FANFT - A potent nitrofuran derivative tumor initiator. It causes bladder tumors in all animals studied and ...

Fantasy - An imagined sequence of events or mental images, e.g., daydreams....

Far East - A geographic area of east and southeast Asia encompassing CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; KOREA; MACAO; MON...

Farber Lipogranulomatosis - A sphingolipidosis subtype that is characterized by the histological appearance of granulomatous dep...

Farmer's Lung - A form of alveolitis or pneumonitis due to an acquired hypersensitivity to inhaled antigens associat...

Farnesol - A colorless liquid extracted from oils of plants such as citronella, neroli, cyclamen, and tuberose....

Farnesyl-Diphosphate Farnesyltransferase - The first committed enzyme of the biosynthesis pathway that leads to the production of STEROLS. it c...

Farnesyltranstransferase - An enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of geranylgeranyl diphosphate from trans, trans-farnesyl diph...

Fas Ligand Protein - A transmembrane protein belonging to the tumor necrosis factor superfamily that was originally disco...

Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein - A signal-transducing adaptor protein that associates with TNF RECEPTOR complexes. It contains a deat...

Fasciculation - Involuntary contraction of the muscle fibers innervated by a motor unit. Fasciculations can often by...

Fasciitis - Inflammation of the fascia. There are three major types: 1, Eosinophilic fasciitis, an inflammatory ...

Fasciitis, Necrotizing - A fulminating bacterial infection of the deep layers of the skin and FASCIA. It can be caused by man...

Fasciitis, Plantar - Inflammation of the thick tissue on the bottom of the foot (plantar fascia) causing HEEL pain. The p...

Fasciola - A genus of trematode liver flukes of the family Fasciolidae. Two species of this genus are F. hepati...

Fasciola hepatica - A species of helminth commonly called the sheep liver fluke. It occurs in the biliary passages, live...

Fascioliasis - Liver disease caused by infections with parasitic flukes of the genus FASCIOLA, such as FASCIOLA HEP...

Fasciolidae - A family of flukes of the class Trematoda occurring primarily in the liver of animals and man. There...

Fascioloidiasis - Infection of cattle and other herbivores with the giant liver fluke Fascioloides magna. It is charac...

Fast Foods - Prepared food that is ready to eat or partially prepared food that has a final preparation time of a...

Fast Neutrons - Neutrons, the energy of which exceeds some arbitrary level, usually around one million electron volt...

Fasting - Abstaining from all food....

Fat Body - A nutritional reservoir of fatty tissue found mainly in insects and amphibians....

Fat Emulsions, Intravenous - Emulsions of fats or lipids used primarily in parenteral feeding....

Fat Necrosis - A condition in which the death of adipose tissue results in neutral fats being split into fatty acid...

Fat Substitutes - Compounds used in food or in food preparation to replace dietary fats. They may be carbohydrate-, pr...

Fatal Outcome - Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or...

Father-Child Relations - Interaction between the father and the child....

Fathers - Male parents, human or animal....

Fatigue - The state of weariness following a period of exertion, mental or physical, characterized by a decrea...

Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic - A syndrome characterized by persistent or recurrent fatigue, diffuse musculoskeletal pain, sleep dis...

Fats - The glyceryl esters of a fatty acid, or of a mixture of fatty acids. They are generally odorless, co...

Fats, Unsaturated - Fats containing one or more double bonds, as from oleic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid....

Fatty Acid Desaturases - A family of enzymes that catalyze the stereoselective, regioselective, or chemoselective syn-dehydro...

Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors - Compounds that interfere with FATTY ACID SYNTHASE resulting in a reduction of FATTY ACIDS. This is a...

Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex - An enzyme complex of multiple catalytic domains which elongates FATTY ACIDS. The form found in BACTE...

Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex, Type I - Animal form of fatty acid synthase which is encoded by a single gene and consists of seven catalytic...

Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex, Type II - The form of fatty acid synthase complex found in BACTERIA; FUNGI and PLANTS. Catalytic steps are lik...

Fatty Acid Transport Proteins - A broad category of membrane transport proteins that specifically transport FREE FATTY ACIDS across ...

Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins - Intracellular proteins that reversibly bind hydrophobic ligands including: saturated and unsaturated...

Fatty Acids - Organic, monobasic acids derived from hydrocarbons by the equivalent of oxidation of a methyl group ...

Fatty Acids, Essential - Long chain organic acid molecules that must be obtained from the diet. Examples are LINOLEIC ACIDS a...

Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated - Fatty acids which are unsaturated in only one position....

Fatty Acids, Nonesterified - FATTY ACIDS found in the plasma that are complexed with SERUM ALBUMIN for transport. These fatty aci...

Fatty Acids, Omega-3 - A group of fatty acids, often of marine origin, which have the first unsaturated bond in the third p...

Fatty Acids, Omega-6 - FATTY ACIDS which have the first unsaturated bond in the sixth position from the omega carbon. A typ...

Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - FATTY ACIDS in which the carbon chain contains one or more double or triple carbon-carbon bonds....

Fatty Acids, Volatile - Short-chain fatty acids of up to six carbon atoms in length. They are the major end products of micr...

Fatty Alcohols - Usually high-molecular-weight, straight-chain primary alcohols, but can also range from as few as 4 ...

Fatty Liver - Lipid infiltration of the hepatic parenchymal cells resulting in a yellow-colored liver. The abnorma...

Fatty Liver, Alcoholic - Lipid infiltration of the hepatic parenchymal cells that is due to ALCOHOL ABUSE. The fatty changes ...

Favism - Hemolytic anemia due to the ingestion of fava beans or after inhalation of pollen from the Vicia fav...

F-Box Motifs - Protein structural motifs that play a role in protein-protein binding. The motifs are comprised of a...

F-Box Proteins - A family of proteins that share the F-BOX MOTIF and are involved in protein-protein interactions. Th...

Fear - The affective response to an actual current external danger which subsides with the elimination of t...

Feasibility Studies - Studies to determine the advantages or disadvantages, practicability, or capability of accomplishing...

Fecal Impaction - Formation of a firm impassable mass of stool in the RECTUM or distal COLON....

Fecal Incontinence - Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of feces and flatus....

Feces - Excrement from the INTESTINES, containing unabsorbed solids, waste products, secretions, and BACTERI...

Federal Government - The level of governmental organization and function at the national or country-wide level....

Fee Schedules - A listing of established professional service charges, for specified dental and medical procedures....

Feedback - A mechanism of communication within a system in that the input signal generates an output response w...

Feedback, Physiological - A mechanism of communication with a physiological system for homeostasis, adaptation, etc. Physiolog...

Feedback, Psychological - A mechanism of information stimulus and response that may control subsequent behavior, cognition, pe...

Feedback, Sensory - A mechanism of communicating one's own sensory system information about a task, movement, skill, etc...

Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood - Mental disorders related to feeding and eating that are usually diagnosed in infancy or early childh...

Feeding Behavior - Behavioral responses or sequences associated with eating including modes of feeding, rhythmic patter...

Feeding Methods - Methods of giving food to humans or animals....

Fee-for-Service Plans - Method of charging whereby a physician or other practitioner bills for each encounter or service ren...

Fees and Charges - Amounts charged to the patient as payer for health care services....

Fees, Dental - Amounts charged to the patient as payer for dental services....

Fees, Medical - Amounts charged to the patient as payer for medical services....

Fees, Pharmaceutical - Amounts charged to the patient or third-party payer for medication. It includes the pharmacist's pro...

Feijoa - A plant genus of the family MYRTACEAE that is cultivated for the edible fruit, which is different fr...

Felidae - The cat family in the order CARNIVORA comprised of muscular, deep-chested terrestrial carnivores wit...

Feline Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Acquired defect of cellular immunity that occurs in cats infected with feline immunodeficiency virus...

Feline Infectious Peritonitis - Common coronavirus infection of cats caused by the feline infectious peritonitis virus (CORONAVIRUS,...

Feline Panleukopenia - A highly contagious DNA virus infection of the cat family, characterized by fever, enteritis and bon...

Feline panleukopenia virus - A species of PARVOVIRUS infecting cats with a highly contagious enteric disease. Host range variants...

Felis - Genus in the family FELIDAE comprised of small felines including the domestic cat, Felis catus (CATS...

Fellowships and Scholarships - Stipends or grants-in-aid granted by foundations or institutions to individuals for study....

Felodipine - A dihydropyridine calcium antagonist with positive inotropic effects. It lowers blood pressure by re...

Felty's Syndrome - A combination of rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly, leukopenia, pigmented spots on lower extremitie...

Felypressin - A synthetic analog of LYPRESSIN with a PHENYLALANINE substitution at residue 2. Felypressin is a vas...

Female Athlete Triad Syndrome - A condition of competitive female athletes in which there are interrelated problems of EATING DISORD...

Female Urogenital Diseases - Pathological processes of the female URINARY TRACT and the reproductive system (GENITALIA, FEMALE)....

Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications - Pathological processes of the female URINARY TRACT, the reproductive system (GENITALIA, FEMALE), and...

Feminine Hygiene Products - Personal care items for women....

Femininity - Female-associated sex-specific social roles and behaviors unrelated to biologic function....

Feminism - The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes and organized activity on be...

Feminization - Development of female secondary SEX CHARACTERISTICS in the MALE. It is due to the effects of estroge...

Femoral Artery - The main artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery....

Femoral Fractures - Fractures of the femur....

Femoral Neck Fractures - Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochan...

Femoral Nerve - A nerve originating in the lumbar spinal cord (usually L2 to L4) and traveling through the lumbar pl...

Femoral Neuropathy - Disease involving the femoral nerve. The femoral nerve may be injured by ISCHEMIA (e.g., in associat...

Femoral Vein - The vein accompanying the femoral artery in the same sheath; it is a continuation of the popliteal v...

Femur - The longest and largest bone of the skeleton, it is situated between the hip and the knee....

Femur Head - The hemispheric articular surface at the upper extremity of the thigh bone. (Stedman, 26th ed)...

Femur Head Necrosis - Aseptic or avascular necrosis of the femoral head. The major types are idiopathic (primary), as a co...

Femur Neck - The constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters....

Fenamates - Anthranilic acids with a phenyl group on the nitrogen. Members modulate ION CHANNELS and are used as...

Fenbendazole - Antinematodal benzimidazole used in veterinary medicine....

Fenclonine - A selective and irreversible inhibitor of tryptophan hydroxylase, a rate-limiting enzyme in the bios...

Fendiline - Coronary vasodilator; inhibits calcium function in muscle cells in excitation-contraction coupling; ...

Fenestration, Labyrinth - The surgical creation of a new opening in the labyrinth of the ear for the restoration of hearing in...

Fenfluramine - A centrally active drug that apparently both blocks serotonin uptake and provokes transport-mediated...

Fenitrothion - An organothiophosphate cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an insecticide....

Fenoldopam - A dopamine D1 receptor agonist that is used as an antihypertensive agent. It lowers blood pressure t...

Fenoprofen - An anti-inflammatory analgesic and antipyretic highly bound to plasma proteins. It is pharmacologica...

Fenoterol - An adrenergic beta-2 agonist that is used as a bronchodilator and tocolytic....

Fenretinide - A synthetic retinoid that is used orally as a chemopreventive against prostate cancer and in women a...

Fentanyl - A potent narcotic analgesic, abuse of which leads to habituation or addiction. It is primarily a mu-...

Fenthion - Potent cholinesterase inhibitor used as an insecticide and acaricide....

Fermentation - Anaerobic degradation of GLUCOSE or other organic nutrients to gain energy in the form of ATP. End p...

Fermium - Fermium. A man-made radioactive actinide with atomic symbol Fm, atomic number 100, and atomic weight...

Ferns - Seedless nonflowering plants of the class Filicinae. They reproduce by spores that appear as dots o...

Ferredoxin-NADP Reductase - An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation and reduction of FERREDOXIN or ADRENODOXIN in the presence of...

Ferredoxin-Nitrite Reductase - An IRON-containing protein that uses siroheme and 4Fe-4S iron-sulfur centers as prosthetic groups. I...

Ferredoxins - Iron-containing proteins that transfer electrons, usually at a low potential, to flavoproteins; the ...

Ferrets - Semidomesticated variety of European polecat much used for hunting RODENTS and/or RABBITS and as a l...

Ferric Compounds - Inorganic or organic compounds containing trivalent iron....

Ferrichrome - A cyclic peptide consisting of three residues of delta-N-hydroxy-delta-N-acetylornithine. It acts as...

Ferricyanides - Inorganic salts of the hypothetical acid, H3Fe(CN)6....

Ferritins - Iron-containing proteins that are widely distributed in animals, plants, and microorganisms. Their m...

Ferrochelatase - A mitochondrial enzyme found in a wide variety of cells and tissues. It is the final enzyme in the 8...

Ferrocyanides - Inorganic salts of the hypothetical acid ferrocyanic acid (H4Fe(CN)6)....

Ferrosoferric Oxide - Iron (II,III) oxide (Fe3O4). It is a black ore of IRON that forms opaque crystals and exerts strong ...

Ferrous Compounds - Inorganic or organic compounds that contain divalent iron....

Ferrozine - A ferroin compound that forms a stable magenta-colored solution with the ferrous ion. The complex ha...

Fertile Period - The period in the MENSTRUAL CYCLE that is optimal for FERTILIZATION of the OVUM and yielding PREGNAN...

Fertility - The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female....

Fertility Agents - Drugs used to increase fertility or to treat infertility....

Fertility Agents, Female - Compounds which increase the capacity to conceive in females....

Fertility Agents, Male - Compounds which increase the capacity of the male to induce conception....

Fertilization - The fusion of a spermatozoon (SPERMATOZOA) with an OVUM thus resulting in the formation of a ZYGOTE....

Fertilization in Vitro - An assisted reproductive technique that includes the direct handling and manipulation of oocytes and...

Fertilizers - Substances or mixtures that are added to the soil to supply nutrients or to make available nutrients...

Ferula - A plant genus of the family APIACEAE. It contains pungent oils and resins. It is used to flavor cu...

Festschrift - Work consisting of a collection of essays or other writings contributed by students, teachers, colle...

Festuca - A plant genus of the family POACEAE. The common name of fescue is also used with some other grasses....

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - A condition occurring in FETUS or NEWBORN due to in utero ETHANOL exposure when mother consumed alco...

Fetal Blood - Blood of the fetus. Exchange of nutrients and waste between the fetal and maternal blood occurs via ...

Fetal Death - Death of the developing young in utero. BIRTH of a dead FETUS is STILLBIRTH....

Fetal Development - Morphological and physiological development of FETUSES....

Fetal Diseases - Pathophysiological conditions of the FETUS in the UTERUS. Some fetal diseases may be treated with FE...

Fetal Distress - A nonreassuring fetal status (NRFS) indicating that the FETUS is compromised (American College of Ob...

Fetal Growth Retardation - The failure of a FETUS to attain its expected FETAL GROWTH at any GESTATIONAL AGE....

Fetal Heart - The heart of the fetus of any viviparous animal. It refers to the heart in the postembryonic period ...

Fetal Hemoglobin - The major component of hemoglobin in the fetus. This HEMOGLOBIN has two alpha and two gamma polypept...

Fetal Hypoxia - Deficient oxygenation of FETAL BLOOD....

Fetal Macrosomia - A condition of fetal overgrowth leading to a large-for-gestational-age FETUS. It is defined as BIRTH...

Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture - Spontaneous tearing of the membranes surrounding the FETUS any time before the onset of OBSTETRIC LA...

Fetal Monitoring - Physiologic or biochemical monitoring of the fetus. It is usually done during LABOR, OBSTETRIC and m...

Fetal Mortality - Number of fetal deaths with stated or presumed gestation of 20 weeks or more in a given population. ...

Fetal Movement - Physical activity of the FETUS in utero. Gross or fine fetal body movement can be monitored by the m...

Fetal Nutrition Disorders - Disorders caused by nutritional imbalance, either overnutrition or undernutrition, in the FETUS in u...

Fetal Organ Maturity - Functional competence of specific organs or body systems of the FETUS in utero....

Fetal Research - Experimentation on, or using the organs or tissues from, a human or other mammalian conceptus in the...

Fetal Resorption - The disintegration and assimilation of the dead FETUS in the UTERUS at any stage after the completio...

Fetal Stem Cells - Cells derived from a FETUS that retain the ability to divide, proliferate and provide progenitor ce...

Fetal Therapies - Prenatal interventions to correct fetal anomalies or treat FETAL DISEASES in utero. Fetal therapies ...

Fetal Tissue Transplantation - Transference of fetal tissue between individuals of the same species or between individuals of diffe...

Fetal Viability - The potential of the FETUS to survive outside the UTERUS after birth, natural or induced. Fetal viab...

Fetal Weight - The weight of the FETUS in utero. It is usually estimated by various formulas based on measurements ...

Fetishism (Psychiatric) - A condition in which inanimate objects are utilized as a preferred or exclusive method of stimulatin...

Fetofetal Transfusion - Passage of blood from one fetus to another via an arteriovenous communication or other shunt, in a m...

Fetomaternal Transfusion - Transplacental passage of fetal blood into the circulation of the maternal organism. (Dorland, 27th ...

Fetoscopes - Endoscopes for viewing the embryo, fetus and amniotic cavity....

Fetoscopy - Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the fetus and amniotic cavity through abdominal or ute...

Fetus - The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures hav...

Fever - An abnormal elevation of body temperature, usually as a result of a pathologic process....

Fever of Unknown Origin - Fever in which the etiology cannot be ascertained....

Fiber Optic Technology - The technology of transmitting light over long distances through strands of glass or other transpare...

Fibril-Associated Collagens - A family of non-fibrillar collagens that interact with FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS. They contain short tripl...

Fibrillar Collagens - A family of structurally related collagens that form the characteristic collagen fibril bundles seen...

Fibrin - A protein derived from FIBRINOGEN in the presence of THROMBIN, which forms part of the blood clot....

Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products - Soluble protein fragments formed by the proteolytic action of plasmin on fibrin or fibrinogen. FDP a...

Fibrin Foam - A dry artificial sterile sponge of fibrin prepared by clotting with thrombin a foam or solution of f...

Fibrin Modulating Agents - Agents that affect the function of FIBRIN in BLOOD COAGULATION. They used as COAGULANTS for HEMORRHA...

Fibrin Tissue Adhesive - An autologous or commercial tissue adhesive containing FIBRINOGEN and THROMBIN. The commercial produ...

Fibrinogen - Plasma glycoprotein clotted by thrombin, composed of a dimer of three non-identical pairs of polypep...

Fibrinogens, Abnormal - Fibrinogens which have a functional defect as the result of one or more amino acid substitutions in ...

Fibrinolysin - A product of the lysis of plasminogen (profibrinolysin) by PLASMINOGEN activators. It is composed of...

Fibrinolysis - The natural enzymatic dissolution of FIBRIN....

Fibrinolytic Agents - Fibrinolysin or agents that convert plasminogen to FIBRINOLYSIN....

Fibrinopeptide A - Two small peptide chains removed from the N-terminal segment of the alpha chains of fibrinogen by th...

Fibrinopeptide B - Two small peptide chains removed from the N-terminal segment of the beta chains of fibrinogen by the...

Fibroadenoma - An adenoma containing fibrous tissue. It should be differentiated from ADENOFIBROMA which is a tumor...

Fibrobacter - A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic bacteria in the family Fibrobacteraceae, isolated from the human...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 - A 17-kDa single-chain polypeptide growth factor that plays a significant role in the process of WOUN...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 10 - A fibroblast growth factor that is a mitogen for KERATINOCYTES. It activates FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTO...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 - A single-chain polypeptide growth factor that plays a significant role in the process of WOUND HEALI...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 3 - A fibroblast growth factor that is expressed primarily during development....

Fibroblast Growth Factor 4 - A HEPARIN binding fibroblast growth factor that may play a role in LIMB BUDS development....

Fibroblast Growth Factor 5 - A fibroblast growth factor that may play a role in regulation of HAIR FOLLICLE phenotype. Spontaneou...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 6 - A fibroblast growth factor that was initially identified based on its sequence similarity to FIBROBL...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 - A fibroblast growth factor that is a specific mitogen for EPITHELIAL CELLS. It binds a complex of HE...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 8 - A fibroblast growth factor that preferentially activates FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4. It was...

Fibroblast Growth Factor 9 - A fibroblast growth factor that was originally identified as a mitogen for GLIAL CELLS. It is expres...

Fibroblast Growth Factors - A family of small polypeptide growth factors that share several common features including a strong a...

Fibroblasts - Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecu...

Fibrocartilage - A type of CARTILAGE whose matrix contains large bundles of COLLAGEN TYPE I. Fibrocartilage is typica...

Fibrocystic Breast Disease - A common and benign breast disease characterized by varying degree of fibrocystic changes in the bre...

Fibroins - Fibrous proteins secreted by INSECTS and SPIDERS. Generally, the term refers to silkworm fibroin sec...

Fibroma - A benign tumor of fibrous or fully developed connective tissue....

Fibroma Virus, Rabbit - A species of LEPORIPOXVIRUS causing subcutaneous localized swellings in rabbits, usually on the feet...

Fibroma, Desmoplastic - A extremely rare bone tumor characterized by abundant collagen formation and a fibrous stroma, witho...

Fibroma, Ossifying - A benign central bone tumor, usually of the jaws (especially the mandible), composed of fibrous conn...

Fibromatosis, Abdominal - A relatively large mass of unusually firm scarlike connective tissue resulting from active participa...

Fibromatosis, Aggressive - A childhood counterpart of abdominal or extra-abdominal desmoid tumors, characterized by firm subcut...

Fibromatosis, Gingival - Generalized or localized diffuse fibrous overgrowth of the gingival tissue, usually transmitted as a...

Fibromuscular Dysplasia - An idiopathic, segmental, nonatheromatous disease of the musculature of arterial walls, leading to S...

Fibromyalgia - A common nonarticular rheumatic syndrome characterized by myalgia and multiple points of focal muscl...

Fibronectins - Glycoproteins found on the surfaces of cells, particularly in fibrillar structures. The proteins are...

Fibrosarcoma - A sarcoma derived from deep fibrous tissue, characterized by bundles of immature proliferating fibro...

Fibrosis - Any pathological condition where fibrous connective tissue invades any organ, usually as a consequen...

Fibrous Dysplasia of Bone - A disease of bone marked by thinning of the cortex and replacement of bone marrow by gritty fibrous ...

Fibrous Dysplasia, Monostotic - FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE involving only one bone....

Fibrous Dysplasia, Polyostotic - FIBROUS DYSPLASIA OF BONE affecting several or many bones. When associated with melanotic pigmentati...

Fibula - The bone of the lower leg lateral to and smaller than the tibia. In proportion to its length, it is ...

Ficain - A sulfhydryl proteinase with cysteine at the active site from ficus latex. Preferential cleavage is ...

Ficoll - A sucrose polymer of high molecular weight....

Fictional Works - Works consisting of creative writing, not presented as factual....

Ficus - A plant genus of the family MORACEAE. It is the source of the familiar fig fruit and the latex from...

Ficusin - A naturally occurring furocoumarin, found in PSORALEA. After photoactivation with UV radiation, it b...

Field Dependence-Independence - The ability to respond to segments of the perceptual experience rather than to the whole....

FIGLU Test - A urine test for formiminoglutamic acid, an intermediate metabolite in L-histidine catabolism in the...

Figural Aftereffect - A perceptual phenomenon used by Gestalt psychologists to demonstrate that events in one part of the ...

Fiji - A republic consisting of an island group in Melanesia, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. Its capital i...

Filariasis - Infections with nematodes of the superfamily FILARIOIDEA. The presence of living worms in the body i...

Filaricides - Pharmacological agents destructive to nematodes in the superfamily Filarioidea....

Filarioidea - A superfamily of nematodes of the suborder SPIRURINA. Its organisms possess a filiform body and a mo...

Filgrastim - A hematopoietic growth factor which promotes proliferation and maturation of neutrophil granulocytes...

Filing - Collections of related records treated as a unit; ordering of such files....

Filipendula - A plant genus of the family ROSACEAE. Members contain TANNINS....

Filipin - A complex of polyene antibiotics obtained from Streptomyces filipinensis. Filipin III alters membran...

Film Dosimetry - Use of a device (film badge) for measuring exposure of individuals to radiation. It is usually made ...

Filoviridae - A family of RNA viruses, of the order MONONEGAVIRALES, containing filamentous virions. Although they...

Filoviridae Infections - Infections with viruses of the family FILOVIRIDAE. The infections in humans consist of a variety of ...

Filtering Surgery - A surgical procedure used in treatment of glaucoma in which an opening is created through which aque...

Filtration - A process of separating particulate matter from a fluid, such as air or a liquid, by passing the flu...

Fimbriae Proteins - Proteins that are structural components of bacterial fimbriae (FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL) or sex pili (PIL...

Fimbriae, Bacterial - Thin, hairlike appendages, 1 to 20 microns in length and often occurring in large numbers, present o...

Fin Whale - The species Balaenoptera physalus, in the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a large, strongly...

Financial Audit - An examination, review and verification of all financial accounts....

Financial Management - The obtaining and management of funds for institutional needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs....

Financial Management, Hospital - The obtaining and management of funds for hospital needs and responsibility for fiscal affairs....

Financial Support - The provision of monetary resources including money or capital and credit; obtaining or furnishing m...

Financing, Construction - Funding resources and procedures for capital improvement or the construction of facilities....

Financing, Government - Federal, state, or local government organized methods of financial assistance....

Financing, Organized - All organized methods of funding....

Financing, Personal - Payment by individuals or their family for health care services which are not covered by a third-par...

Finasteride - An orally active TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE inhibitor. It is used as a surgical alternative for ...

Finches - Common name for small PASSERIFORMES in the family Fringillidae. They have a short stout bill (BEAK) ...

Finger Injuries - General or unspecified injuries involving the fingers....

Finger Joint - The articulation between the head of one phalanx and the base of the one distal to it, in each finge...

Finger Phalanges - Bones that make up the SKELETON of the FINGERS, consisting of two for the THUMB, and three for each ...

Fingersucking - Sucking of the finger. This is one of the most common manipulations of the body found in young child...

Finite Element Analysis - A computer based method of simulating or analyzing the behavior of structures or components....

Fire Extinguishing Systems - Automatic or hand operated equipment used to control and extinguish fires....

Firearms - Small-arms weapons, including handguns, pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, etc....

Fireflies - The family Lampyidae, which are bioluminescent BEETLES. They contain FIREFLY LUCIFERIN and LUCIFERAS...

Firefly Luciferin - A benzothaizole which is oxidized by LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY to cause emission of light (LUMINESCENCE)....

Firesetting Behavior - A compulsion to set fires....

Fish Diseases - Diseases of freshwater, marine, hatchery or aquarium fish. This term includes diseases of both teleo...

Fish Flour - A flour made of pulverized, dried fish or fish parts....

Fish Oils - Oils high in unsaturated fats extracted from the bodies of fish or fish parts, especially the livers...

Fish Products - Food products manufactured from fish (e.g., FISH FLOUR, fish meal)....

Fish Proteins - Proteins obtained from species of fish (FISHES)....

Fish Venoms - Venoms produced by FISHES, including SHARKS and sting rays, usually delivered by spines. They contai...

Fisheries - Places for cultivation and harvesting of fish, particularly in sea waters. (from McGraw-Hill Diction...

Fishes - A group of cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates having gills, fins, a cartilaginous or bony endoskeleto...

Fissure in Ano - A painful linear ulcer at the margin of the anus. It appears as a crack or slit in the mucous membra...

Fistula - Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ ...

Fitness Centers - Facilities having programs intended to promote and maintain a state of physical well-being for optim...

Fixation, Ocular - The positioning and accommodation of eyes that allows the image to be brought into place on the FOVE...

Fixatives - Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintain...

Flacourtiaceae - The Indian plum plant family of the order Violales, subclass Dilleniidae class Magnoliopsida, that a...

Flagella - A whiplike motility appendage present on the surface cells. Prokaryote flagella are composed of a pr...

Flagellin - A protein with a molecular weight of 40,000 isolated from bacterial flagella. At appropriate pH and ...

Flail Chest - A complication of multiple rib fractures, rib and sternum fractures, or thoracic surgery. A portion ...

Flame Ionization - Pyrolysis of organic compounds at the temperature of a hydrogen-air flame to produce ionic intermedi...

Flame Retardants - Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may l...

Flammulina - A genus of mushrooms in the family Tricholomataceae, whose species are characterized by a slimy cap ...

Flank Pain - Pain emanating from below the RIBS and above the ILIUM....

Flap Endonucleases - Endonucleases that remove 5' DNA sequences from a DNA structure called a DNA flap. The DNA flap stru...

Flatfishes - Common name for the order Pleuronectiformes. A very distinctive group in that during development the...

Flatfoot - A condition in which one or more of the arches of the foot have flattened out....

Flatulence - Production or presence of gas in the gastrointestinal tract which may be expelled through the anus....

Flavanones - A group of FLAVONOIDS characterized with a 4-ketone....

Flaveria - A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE that is used for experiments in molecular genetic studies in ...

Flavin Mononucleotide - A coenzyme for a number of oxidative enzymes including NADH DEHYDROGENASE. It is the principal form ...

Flavin-Adenine Dinucleotide - A condensation product of riboflavin and adenosine diphosphate. The coenzyme of various aerobic dehy...

Flavins - Derivatives of the dimethylisoalloxazine (7,8-dimethylbenzo[g]pteridine-2,4(3H,10H)-dione) skeleton....

Flaviviridae - A family of RNA viruses, many of which cause disease in humans and domestic animals. There are three...

Flaviviridae Infections - Infections with viruses of the family FLAVIVIRIDAE....

Flavivirus - A genus of FLAVIVIRIDAE containing several subgroups and many species. Most are arboviruses transmit...

Flavivirus Infections - Infections with viruses of the genus FLAVIVIRUS, family FLAVIVIRIDAE....

Flavobacteriaceae - A family of bacteria in the order Sphingobacteriales, class Sphingobacteria. They are gram-negative ...

Flavobacteriaceae Infections - Infections with bacteria of the family FLAVOBACTERIACEAE....

Flavobacterium - A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria widely distributed in SOIL and WATER. Its org...

Flavodoxin - A low-molecular-weight (16,000) iron-free flavoprotein containing one molecule of flavin mononucleot...

Flavones - A group of 4-keto-FLAVONOIDS....

Flavonoids - A group of phenyl benzopyrans named for having structures like FLAVONES....

Flavonolignans - Heterodimers of FLAVONOIDS bound to LIGNANS....

Flavonols - A group of 3-hydroxy-4-keto-FLAVONOIDS....

Flavoring Agents - Substances added to foods and medicine to improve the quality of taste....

Flavoxate - A drug that has been used in various urinary syndromes and as an antispasmodic. Its therapeutic usef...

Flax - A plant genus of the family LINACEAE that is cultivated for its fiber (manufactured into linen cloth...

Fleas - Parasitic, blood-sucking, wingless insects comprising the order Siphonaptera....

Flecainide - A potent anti-arrhythmia agent, effective in a wide range of ventricular and atrial arrhythmias and ...

Fleroxacin - A broad-spectrum antimicrobial fluoroquinolone. The drug strongly inhibits the DNA-supercoiling acti...

Flexibacter - A genus of gram-negative, chemoorganotrophic bacteria in the family Flexibacteraceae. In some specie...

Flexibacteraceae - A family of bacteria in the order Sphingobacteriales, class Sphingobacteria....

Flexibacteraceae Infections - Infections with bacteria of the family FLEXIBACTERACEAE....

Flexiviridae - A family of RNA plant viruses that infect a wide range of herbaceous and woody plant species. There ...

Flicker Fusion - The point or frequency at which all flicker of an intermittent light stimulus disappears....

Flight, Animal - The use of wings or wing-like appendages to remain aloft and move through the air....

Flocculation - The aggregation of suspended solids into larger clumps....

Flocculation Tests - Precipitin tests which occur over a narrow range of antigen-antibody ratio, due chiefly to peculiari...

Floods - Sudden onset water phenomena with different speed of occurrence. These include flash floods, seasona...

Floors and Floorcoverings - The surface of a structure upon which one stands or walks....

Flounder - Common name for two families of FLATFISHES belonging to the order Pleuronectiformes: left-eye flound...

Flour - Ground up seed of WHEAT....

Flow Cytometry - Technique using an instrument system for making, processing, and displaying one or more measurements...

Flow Injection Analysis - The analysis of a chemical substance by inserting a sample into a carrier stream of reagent using a ...

Flowering Tops - Tops of plants when in flower, including the stems, leaves and blooms....

Flowers - The reproductive organs of plants....

Flowmeters - Devices used to measure the flow of fluids (see RHEOLOGY) or the AIR to measure RESPIRATION....

Floxacillin - Antibiotic analog of CLOXACILLIN....

Floxuridine - An antineoplastic antimetabolite that is metabolized to fluorouracil when administered by rapid inje...

Fluconazole - Triazole antifungal agent that is used to treat oropharyngeal candidiasis and cryptococcal meningiti...

Flucytosine - A fluorinated cytosine analog that is used as an antifungal agent....

Fludrocortisone - A synthetic mineralocorticoid with anti-inflammatory activity....

Flufenamic Acid - An anthranilic acid derivative with analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties. It is ...

Fluid Shifts - Translocation of body fluids from one compartment to another, such as from the vascular to the inter...

Fluid Therapy - Therapy whose basic objective is to restore the volume and composition of the body fluids to normal ...

Fluids and Secretions - Liquid substances produced by living organisms to fulfill specific functions or excreted as waste....

Flumazenil - A potent benzodiazepine receptor antagonist. Since it reverses the sedative and other actions of ben...

Flumethasone - An anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid used in veterinary practice....

Flunarizine - Flunarizine is a selective calcium entry blocker with calmodulin binding properties and histamine H1...

Flunitrazepam - A benzodiazepine with pharmacologic actions similar to those of DIAZEPAM that can cause ANTEROGRADE ...

Fluocinolone Acetonide - A glucocorticoid derivative used topically in the treatment of various skin disorders. It is usually...

Fluocinonide - A topical glucocorticoid used in the treatment of ECZEMA....

Fluocortolone - A glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory activity used topically for various skin disorders....

Fluorenes - A family of diphenylenemethane derivatives....

Fluorescamine - A nonfluorescent reagent for the detection of primary amines, peptides and proteins. The reaction pr...

Fluorescein - A phthalic indicator dye that appears yellow-green in normal tear film and bright green in a more al...

Fluorescein Angiography - Visualization of a vascular system after intravenous injection of a fluorescein solution. The images...

Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate - Fluorescent probe capable of being conjugated to tissue and proteins. It is used as a label in fluor...

Fluoresceins - A family of spiro(isobenzofuran-1(3H),9'-(9H)xanthen)-3-one derivatives. These are used as dyes, as ...

Fluorescence - The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longe...

Fluorescence Polarization - Measurement of the polarization of fluorescent light from solutions or microscopic specimens. It is ...

Fluorescence Polarization Immunoassay - Fluoroimmunoassay where detection of the hapten-antibody reaction is based on measurement of the inc...

Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching - A method used to study the lateral movement of MEMBRANE PROTEINS and LIPIDS. A small area of a cell ...

Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer - A type of FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY using two FLUORESCENT DYES with overlapping emission and absorpt...

Fluorescent Antibody Technique - Test for tissue antigen using either a direct method, by conjugation of antibody with fluorescent dy...

Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct - A form of fluorescent antibody technique utilizing a fluorochrome conjugated to an antibody, which i...

Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect - A form of fluorescent antibody technique commonly used to detect serum antibodies and immune complex...

Fluorescent Dyes - Agents that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually lo...

Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test - Serologic assay that detects antibodies to Treponema pallidum, the etiologic agent of syphilis. Afte...

Fluorides - Inorganic salts of hydrofluoric acid, HF, in which the fluorine atom is in the -1 oxidation state. (...

Fluorides, Topical - Fluorides, usually in pastes or gels, used for topical application to reduce the incidence of DENTAL...

Fluorine - A nonmetallic, diatomic gas that is a trace element and member of the halogen family. It is used in ...

Fluorine Compounds - Inorganic compounds that contain fluorine as an integral part of the molecule....

Fluorine Radioisotopes - Unstable isotopes of fluorine that decay or disintegrate emitting radiation. F atoms with atomic wei...

Fluoroacetates - Derivatives of acetic acid with one or more fluorines attached. They are almost odorless, difficult ...

Fluorocarbons - Liquid perfluorinated carbon compounds which may or may not contain a hetero atom such as nitrogen, ...

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 - The compound is given by intravenous injection to do POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY for the assessment...

Fluorodeoxyuridylate - 5-Fluoro-2'-deoxyuridylate. An inhibitor of thymidylate synthetase. Formed from 5-fluorouracil or 5-...

Fluoroimmunoassay - The use of fluorescence spectrometry to obtain quantitative results for the FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TEC...

Fluorometholone - A glucocorticoid employed, usually as eye drops, in the treatment of allergic and inflammatory condi...

Fluorometry - An analytical method for detecting and measuring FLUORESCENCE in compounds or targets such as cells,...

Fluorophotometry - Measurement of light given off by fluorescein in order to assess the integrity of various ocular bar...

Fluoroquinolones - A group of QUINOLONES with at least one fluorine atom and a piperazinyl group....

Fluoroscopy - Production of an image when x-rays strike a fluorescent screen....

Fluorosis, Dental - A chronic endemic form of hypoplasia of the dental enamel caused by drinking water with a high fluor...

Fluorouracil - A pyrimidine analog that is an antineoplastic antimetabolite. It interferes with DNA synthesis by bl...

Fluoxetine - The first highly specific serotonin uptake inhibitor. It is used as an antidepressant and often has ...

Fluoxymesterone - An anabolic steroid that has been used in the treatment of male HYPOGONADISM, delayed puberty in mal...

Flupenthixol - A thioxanthene neuroleptic that, unlike CHLORPROMAZINE, is claimed to have CNS-activating properties...

Fluphenazine - A phenothiazine used in the treatment of PSYCHOSES. Its properties and uses are generally similar to...

Fluprednisolone - A synthetic glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory properties....

Flurandrenolone - A corticosteroid used topically in the treatment of various skin disorders. It is usually employed a...

Flurazepam - A benzodiazepine derivative used mainly as a hypnotic....

Flurbiprofen - An anti-inflammatory analgesic and antipyretic of the phenylalkynoic acid series. It has been shown ...

Flurogestone Acetate - A synthetic fluorinated steroid that is used as a progestational hormone....

Flurothyl - A convulsant primarily used in experimental animals. It was formerly used to induce convulsions as a...

Flushing - A transient reddening of the face that may be due to fever, certain drugs, exertion, stress, or a di...

Fluspirilene - A long-acting injectable antipsychotic agent used for chronic schizophrenia....

Flutamide - An antiandrogen with about the same potency as cyproterone in rodent and canine species....

Fluvoxamine - A selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor. It is effective in the treatment of depression, obsessive-...

FMN Reductase - An enzyme that utilizes NADH or NADPH to reduce FLAVINS. It is involved in a number of biological pr...

FMRFamide - A molluscan neuroactive peptide which induces a fast excitatory depolarizing response due to direct ...

fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase 3 - A receptor tyrosine kinase that is involved in HEMATOPOIESIS. It is closely related to FMS PROTO-ONC...

Foam Cells - Lipid-laden macrophages originating from monocytes or from smooth muscle cells....

Focal Adhesion Kinase 1 - A non-receptor protein tyrosine kinase that is localized to FOCAL ADHESIONS and is a central compone...

Focal Adhesion Kinase 2 - A non-receptor protein-tyrosine kinase that is expressed primarily in the BRAIN; OSTEOBLASTS; and LY...

Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases - A family of non-receptor, PROLINE-rich protein-tyrosine kinases....

Focal Adhesions - An anchoring junction of the cell to a non-cellular substrate. It is composed of a specialized area ...

Focal Dermal Hypoplasia - A genetic skin disease characterized by hypoplasia of the dermis, herniations of fat, and hand anoma...

Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia - Hyperplasia of the mucous membrane of the lips, tongue, and less commonly, the buccal mucosa, floor ...

Focal Infection, Dental - Secondary or systemic infections due to dissemination throughout the body of microorganisms whose pr...

Focal Nodular Hyperplasia - Solitary or multiple benign hepatic vascular tumors, usually occurring in women of 20-50 years of ag...

Focus Groups - A method of data collection and a qualitative research tool in which a small group of individuals ar...

Foeniculum - A plant genus of the family APIACEAE used in SPICES....

Folic Acid - A member of the vitamin B family that stimulates the hematopoietic system. It is present in the live...

Folic Acid Antagonists - Inhibitors of the enzyme, dihydrofolate reductase (TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE), which converts d...

Folic Acid Deficiency - A nutritional condition produced by a deficiency of FOLIC ACID in the diet. Many plant and animal ti...

Folklore - The common orally transmitted traditions, myths, festivals, songs, superstitions, and stories of all...

Follicle Stimulating Hormone - A major gonadotropin secreted by the adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Follicle-stimulati...

Follicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit - The beta subunit of follicle stimulating hormone. It is a 15-kDa glycopolypeptide. Full biological a...

Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Human - A major gonadotropin secreted by the human adenohypophysis (PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR). Follicle-sti...

Follicular Atresia - The degeneration and resorption of an OVARIAN FOLLICLE before it reaches maturity and ruptures....

Follicular Cyst - Cyst due to the occlusion of the duct of a follicle or small gland....

Follicular Fluid - The fluid surrounding the OVUM and GRANULOSA CELLS in the Graafian follicle (OVARIAN FOLLICLE). The ...

Follicular Phase - The period of the MENSTRUAL CYCLE representing follicular growth, increase in ovarian estrogen (ESTR...

Folliculitis - Inflammation of follicles, primarily hair follicles....

Follistatin - A broadly distributed protein that binds directly to ACTIVINS. It functions as an activin antagonist...

Follistatin-Related Proteins - Broadly distributed glycoproteins that are homologous to the activin-binding protein, FOLLISTATIN. T...

Follow-Up Studies - Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedu...

Fomites - Inanimate objects that carry pathogenic microorganisms and thus can serve as the source of infectio...

Fonofos - An organothiophosphorus cholinesterase inhibitor that is used as an insecticide....

Fontan Procedure - A procedure in which total right atrial or total caval blood flow is channeled directly into the pul...

Food - Any substances taken in by the body that provide nourishment....

Food Additives - Substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of f...

Food and Beverages - Edible or potable substances....

Food Chain - The sequence of transfers of matter and energy from organism to organism in the form of FOOD. Food c...

Food Coloring Agents - Natural or synthetic dyes used as coloring agents in processed foods....

Food Contamination - The presence in food of harmful, unpalatable, or otherwise objectionable foreign substances, e.g. ch...

Food Deprivation - The withholding of food in a structured experimental situation....

Food Dispensers, Automatic - Mechanical food dispensing machines....

Food Habits - Acquired or learned food preferences....

Food Handling - Any aspect of the operations in the preparation, transport, storage, packaging, wrapping, exposure f...

Food Hypersensitivity - Gastrointestinal disturbances, skin eruptions, or shock due to allergic reactions to allergens in fo...

Food Industry - The industry concerned with processing, preparing, preserving, distributing, and serving of foods an...

Food Inspection - Examination of foods to assure wholesome and clean products free from unsafe microbes or chemical co...

Food Labeling - Use of written, printed, or graphic materials upon or accompanying a food or its container or wrappe...

Food Microbiology - The presence of bacteria, viruses, and fungi in food and food products. This term is not restricted ...

Food Packaging - Containers, packaging, and packaging materials for processed and raw foods and beverages. It include...

Food Parasitology - The presence of parasites in food and food products. For the presence of bacteria, viruses, and fung...

Food Preferences - The selection of one food over another....

Food Preservation - Procedures or techniques used to keep food from spoiling....

Food Preservatives - Substances capable of inhibiting, retarding or arresting the process of fermentation, acidification ...

Food Service, Hospital - Hospital department that manages and supervises the dietary program in accordance with the patients'...

Food Services - Functions, equipment, and facilities concerned with the preparation and distribution of ready-to-eat...

Food Technology - The application of knowledge to the food industry....

Food, Formulated - Food and dietary formulations including elemental (chemically defined formula) diets, synthetic and ...

Food, Fortified - Any food that has been supplemented with essential nutrients either in quantities that are greater t...

Food, Genetically Modified - Food derived from genetically modified organisms (ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED)....

Food, Preserved - Food that has been prepared and stored in a way to prevent spoilage....

Foodborne Diseases - Acute illnesses, usually affecting the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, brought on by consuming contaminated ...

Food-Drug Interactions - The pharmacological result, either desirable or undesirable, of drugs interacting with components of...

Food-Processing Industry - The productive enterprises concerned with food processing....

Foods, Specialized - Foods and beverages prepared for use to meet specific needs such as infant foods....

Foot - The distal extremity of the leg in vertebrates, consisting of the tarsus (ANKLE); METATARSUS; phalan...

Foot Bones - The TARSAL BONES; METATARSAL BONES; and PHALANGES OF TOES. The tarsal bones consists of seven bones:...

Foot Deformities - Alterations or deviations from normal shape or size which result in a disfigurement of the foot....

Foot Deformities, Acquired - Distortion or disfigurement of the foot, or a part of the foot, acquired through disease or injury a...

Foot Deformities, Congenital - Alterations or deviations from normal shape or size which result in a disfigurement of the foot occu...

Foot Dermatoses - Skin diseases of the foot, general or unspecified....

Foot Diseases - Anatomical and functional disorders affecting the foot....

Foot Injuries - General or unspecified injuries involving the foot....

Foot Joints - The articulations extending from the ANKLE distally to the TOES. These include the ANKLE JOINT; TARS...

Foot Rot - A disease of the horny parts and of the adjacent soft structures of the feet of cattle, swine, and s...

Foot Ulcer - Lesion on the surface of the skin of the foot, usually accompanied by inflammation. The lesion may b...

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus - The type species of APHTHOVIRUS, causing FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE in cloven-hoofed animals. Several di...

Football - A competitive team sport played on a rectangular field. This is the American or Canadian version of ...

Foramen Ovale - An opening in the wall between the right and the left upper chambers (HEART ATRIA) of a fetal heart....

Foramen Ovale, Patent - A condition in which the FORAMEN OVALE in the ATRIAL SEPTUM fails to close shortly after birth. This...

Foraminifera - An order of amoeboid EUKARYOTES characterized by reticulating pseudopods and a complex life cycle wi...

Forced Expiratory Flow Rates - The rate of airflow measured during a FORCED VITAL CAPACITY determination....

Forced Expiratory Volume - Measure of the maximum amount of air that can be expelled in a given number of seconds during a FORC...

Forearm Injuries - Injuries to the part of the upper limb of the body between the wrist and elbow....

Forecasting - The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the ...

Forefoot, Human - The forepart of the foot including the metatarsals and the TOES....

Forehead - The part of the face above the eyes....

Foreign Bodies - Objects that inadvertently enter the body or body cavities from the environment....

Foreign Medical Graduates - Physicians who hold degrees from medical schools in countries other than the ones in which they prac...

Foreign Professional Personnel - Persons who have acquired academic or specialized training in countries other than that in which the...

Foreign-Body Migration - Migration of a foreign body from its original location to some other location in the body....

Foreign-Body Reaction - Chronic inflammation and granuloma formation around irritating foreign bodies....

Forelimb - A front limb of a quadruped. (The Random House College Dictionary, 1980)...

Forensic Anthropology - Scientific study of human skeletal remains with the express purpose of identification. This includes...

Forensic Ballistics - The science of studying projectiles in motion, BALLISTICS, being applied to law. Ballistics on firea...

Forensic Dentistry - The application of dental knowledge to questions of law....

Forensic Genetics - The application of genetic analyses and MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES to legal matters and crime a...

Forensic Medicine - The application of medical knowledge to questions of law....

Forensic Nursing - The application of NURSING knowledge to questions of law. It is a specialty of nursing practice invo...

Forensic Pathology - The application of pathology to questions of law....

Forensic Psychiatry - Psychiatry in its legal aspects. This includes criminology, penology, commitment of mentally ill, th...

Forensic Sciences - Disciplines that apply sciences to law. Forensic sciences include a wide range of disciplines, such ...

Forensic Toxicology - The application of TOXICOLOGY knowledge to questions of law....

Foreskin - The double-layered skin fold that covers the GLANS PENIS, the head of the penis....

Forestry - The science of developing, caring for, or cultivating forests....

Forkhead Transcription Factors - A subclass of winged helix DNA-binding proteins that share homology with their founding member fork ...

Form Perception - The sensory discrimination of a pattern shape or outline....

Formaldehyde - A highly reactive aldehyde gas formed by oxidation or incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons. In solu...

Formamides - A group of amides with the general formula of R-CONH2....

Formate Dehydrogenases - Flavoproteins that catalyze reversibly the reduction of carbon dioxide to formate. Many compounds ca...

Formate-Tetrahydrofolate Ligase - A carbon-nitrogen ligase that catalyzes the formation of 10-formyltetrahydrofolate from formate and ...

Formazans - Colored azo compounds formed by the reduction of tetrazolium salts. Employing this reaction, oxidore...

Formiminoglutamic Acid - Measurement of this acid in the urine after oral administration of histidine provides the basis for ...

Forms - Works consisting of or containing a substantial number of blank forms....

Forms and Records Control - A management function in which standards and guidelines are developed for the developing, maintainin...

Formularies - Works that consist of lists of drugs or collections of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions for the ...

Formularies as Topic - Lists of drugs or collections of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions for the compounding of medicin...

Formularies, Hospital - Formularies concerned with pharmaceuticals prescribed in hospitals....

Formycins - Pyrazolopyrimidine ribonucleosides isolated from Nocardia interforma. They are antineoplastic antibi...

Formyltetrahydrofolates - Tetrahydrofolates which are substituted by a formyl group at either the nitrogen atom in the 5 posit...

Fornix, Brain - Heavily myelinated fiber bundle of the TELENCEPHALON projecting from the hippocampal formation to th...

Forskolin - Potent activator of the adenylate cyclase system and the biosynthesis of cyclic AMP. From the plant ...

Forssman Antigen - A glycolipid, cross-species antigen that induces production of antisheep hemolysin. It is present on...

Forsythia - A plant genus of the family OLEACEAE. Members contain suspensaside....

Foscarnet - An antiviral agent used in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis. Foscarnet also shows activity...

Fosfomycin - An antibiotic produced by Streptomyces fradiae....

Fosinopril - A phosphinic acid-containing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor that is effective in the treatm...

Fos-Related Antigen-2 - A basic-leucine zipper transcription factor that is closely related to C-FOS PROTEINS. It forms hete...

Fossil Fuels - Any combustible hydrocarbon deposit formed from the remains of prehistoric organisms. Examples are p...

Fossils - Remains, impressions, or traces of animals or plants of past geological times which have been preser...

Foster Home Care - Families who care for neglected children or patients unable to care for themselves....

Foundations - Organizations established by endowments with provision for future maintenance....

Founder Effect - A phenomenon that is observed when a small subgroup of a larger POPULATION establishes itself as a s...

Four-Dimensional Computed Tomography - Three-dimensional computed tomographic imaging with the added dimension of time, to follow motion du...

Fourier Analysis - Analysis based on the mathematical function first formulated by Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier in 1807...

Fournier Gangrene - An acute necrotic infection of the SCROTUM; PENIS; or PERINEUM. It is characterized by scrotum pain ...

Fourth Ventricle - An irregularly shaped cavity in the rhombencephalon, between the medulla oblongata, the pons, and th...

Fovea Centralis - An area approximately 1.5 millimeters in diameter within the macula lutea where the retina thins out...

Fowl adenovirus A - The type species of the genus AVIADENOVIRUS, family ADENOVIRIDAE, an oncogenic virus of birds. This ...

Fowlpox - A poxvirus infection of poultry and other birds characterized by the formation of wart-like nodules ...

Fowlpox virus - The type species of the genus AVIPOXVIRUS. It is the etiologic agent of FOWLPOX....

Foxes - Any of several carnivores in the family CANIDAE, that possess erect ears and long bushy tails and ar...

Fox-Fordyce Disease - Chronic pruritic disease, usually in women, characterized by small follicular papular eruptions in a...

Fractals - Patterns (real or mathematical) which look similar at different scales, for example the network of a...

Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial - The ratio of maximum blood flow to the MYOCARDIUM with CORONARY STENOSIS present, to the maximum equ...

Fractional Precipitation - A method which uses specific precipitation reactions to separate or collect substances from a soluti...

Fractionation, Field Flow - Separation of molecules and particles by a simultaneous action of carrier liquid flow and focusing f...

Fracture Fixation - The use of metallic devices inserted into or through bone to hold a fracture in a set position and a...

Fracture Fixation, Internal - The use of internal devices (metal plates, nails, rods, etc.) to hold the position of a fracture in ...

Fracture Healing - The physiological restoration of bone tissue and function after a fracture. It includes BONY CALLUS ...

Fractures, Bone - Breaks in bones....

Fractures, Cartilage - Breaks in CARTILAGE....

Fractures, Closed - Fractures in which the break in bone is not accompanied by an external wound....

Fractures, Comminuted - A fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed. (Dorland, 27th ed)...

Fractures, Compression - Crumbling or smashing of cancellous BONE by forces acting parallel to the long axis of bone. It is a...

Fractures, Malunited - Union of the fragments of a fractured bone in a faulty or abnormal position. If two bones parallel t...

Fractures, Open - Fractures in which there is an external wound communicating with the break of the bone....

Fractures, Spontaneous - Fractures occurring as a result of disease of a bone or from some undiscoverable cause, and not due ...

Fractures, Stress - Fractures due to the strain caused by repetitive exercise. They are thought to arise from a combinat...

Fractures, Ununited - A fracture in which union fails to occur, the ends of the bone becoming rounded and eburnated, and a...

Fragaria - A plant genus of the family ROSACEAE known for the edible fruit....

Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein - A RNA-binding protein that is found predominately in the CYTOPLASM. It helps regulate GENETIC TRANSL...

Fragile X Syndrome - A condition characterized genotypically by mutation of the distal end of the long arm of the X chrom...

Frail Elderly - Older adults or aged individuals who are lacking in general strength and are unusually susceptible t...

Frameshift Mutation - A type of mutation in which a number of NUCLEOTIDES deleted from or inserted into a protein coding s...

Frameshifting, Ribosomal - A directed change in translational READING FRAMES that allows the production of a single protein fro...

Framycetin - A component of NEOMYCIN that is produced by Streptomyces fradiae. On hydrolysis it yields neamine an...

France - A country in western Europe bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, the English Channel, the Mediterranean S...

Francisella - The lone genus of bacteria in the family Francisellaceae, frequently found in natural waters. It ca...

Francisella tularensis - The etiologic agent of TULAREMIA in man and other warm-blooded animals....

Francium - Francium. A radioactive alkali metal with the atomic symbol Fr, atomic number 87, and atomic weight ...

Frangula - A plant genus of the family RHAMNACEAE. This genus is often called buckthorn but should not be confu...

Frankia - Genus of BACTERIA in the family Frankiaceae. They are nitrogen-fixing root-nodule symbionts of many ...

Frasier Syndrome - A syndrome characterized by CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE and GONADAL DYSGENESIS in phenotypic females with...

Fraud - Exploitation through misrepresentation of the facts or concealment of the purposes of the exploiter....

Fraxinus - A plant genus of the family OLEACEAE. Members contain secoiridoid glucosides....

Free Association - Spontaneous verbalization of whatever comes to mind....

Free Radical Scavengers - Substances that influence the course of a chemical reaction by ready combination with free radicals....

Free Radicals - Highly reactive molecules with an unsatisfied electron valence pair. Free radicals are produced in b...

Freedom - The rights of individuals to act and make decisions without external constraints....

Freemartinism - A condition occurring in the female offspring of dizygotic twins (TWIN, DIZYGOTIC) in a mixed-sex pr...

Freeze Drying - Method of tissue preparation in which the tissue specimen is frozen and then dehydrated at low tempe...

Freeze Etching - A replica technique in which cells are frozen to a very low temperature and cracked with a knife bla...

Freeze Fracturing - Preparation for electron microscopy of minute replicas of exposed surfaces of the cell which have be...

Freeze Substitution - A modification of the freeze-drying method in which the ice within the frozen tissue is replaced by ...

Freezing - Liquids transforming into solids by the removal of heat....

Freezing Reaction, Cataleptic - An induced response to threatening stimuli characterized by the cessation of body movements, except ...

French Guiana - A French overseas department on the northeast coast of South America. Its capital is Cayenne. It was...

French Revolution - Conflict during which traditional monarchy was ended and modern government functions were instituted...

Fresh Water - Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and lakes....

Freshwater Biology - The study of life and ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS in bodies of FRESHWATER....

Freudian Theory - Philosophic formulations which are basic to psychoanalysis. Some of the conceptual theories develope...

Freund's Adjuvant - An antigen solution emulsified in mineral oil. The complete form is made up of killed, dried mycobac...

Friction - Surface resistance to the relative motion of one body against the rubbing, sliding, rolling, or flow...

Friedreich Ataxia - An autosomal recessive disease, usually of childhood onset, characterized pathologically by degenera...

Friend murine leukemia virus - A strain of Murine leukemia virus (LEUKEMIA VIRUS, MURINE) producing leukemia of the reticulum-cell ...

Friends - Persons whom one knows, likes, and trusts....

Fritillaria - A plant genus of the family LILIACEAE. Members of this genus produce imperialine, a steroidal alkalo...

Frizzled Receptors - A family of seven-pass transmembrane cell-surface receptors. They contain an extracellular cysteine...

Frontal Bone - The bone that forms the frontal aspect of the skull. Its flat part forms the forehead, articulating ...

Frontal Lobe - The anterior part of the cerebral hemisphere....

Frontal Sinus - One of the paired, but seldom symmetrical, air spaces located between the inner and outer compact la...

Frontal Sinusitis - Inflammation of the NASAL MUCOSA in the FRONTAL SINUS. In many cases, it is caused by an infection o...

Frontotemporal Dementia - The most common clinical form of FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION, this dementia presents with pers...

Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration - Heterogeneous group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by frontal and temporal lobe atroph...

Frostbite - Damage to tissues as the result of low environmental temperatures....

Frozen Sections - Thinly cut sections of frozen tissue specimens prepared with a cryostat or freezing microtome....

Fructans - Polysaccharides composed of D-fructose units....

Fructokinases - A class of enzymes that catalyzes the phosphorylation of fructose in the presence of ATP. EC 2.7.1.-...

Fructosamine - An amino sugar formed when glucose non-enzymatically reacts with the N-terminal amino group of prote...

Fructose - A monosaccharide in sweet fruits and honey that is soluble in water, alcohol, or ether. It is used a...

Fructose Intolerance - An autosomal recessive fructose metabolism disorder due to deficient fructose-1-phosphate aldolase (...

Fructose Metabolism, Inborn Errors - Inherited abnormalities of fructose metabolism, which include three known autosomal recessive types:...

Fructose-1,6-Diphosphatase Deficiency - An autosomal recessive fructose metabolism disorder due to absent or deficient fructose-1,6-diphosph...

Fructose-Bisphosphatase - An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of D-fructose 1,6-bisphosphate and water to D-fructose 6-pho...

Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase - An enzyme of the lyase class that catalyzes the cleavage of fructose 1,6-biphosphate to form dihydro...

Fructosediphosphates - Diphosphoric acid esters of fructose. The fructose-1,6- diphosphate isomer is most prevalent. It is ...

Fructuronate Reductase - An enzyme that catalyzes the reversible oxidation of mannonate to fructuronate in the presence of NA...

Fruit - The fleshy or dry ripened ovary of a plant, enclosing the seed or seeds....

Fruiting Bodies, Fungal - The fruiting 'heads' or 'caps' of FUNGI, which as a food item are familiarly known as MUSHROOMS, tha...

Frullania - A plant genus of the family Jubulaceae, subclass JUNGERMANNIAE. Members contain eudesmane-type sesqu...

Frustration - The motivational and/or affective state resulting from being blocked, thwarted, disappointed or defe...

Fuchs' Endothelial Dystrophy - Disorder caused by loss of endothelium of the central cornea. It is characterized by hyaline endothe...

Fucosidosis - An autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of ALPHA-L-FUCOSIDASE activi...

Fucosyl Galactose alpha-N-Acetylgalactosaminyltransferase - An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of acetylgalactosamine from UDP N-acetylgalactosamine to vario...

Fucosyltransferases - Enzymes catalyzing the transfer of fucose from a nucleoside diphosphate fucose to an acceptor molecu...

Fucus - A genus of BROWN ALGAE in the family Fucaceae. It is found in temperate, marine intertidal areas alo...

Fuel Oils - Complex petroleum hydrocarbons consisting mainly of residues from crude oil distillation. These liqu...

Fullerenes - A polyhedral CARBON structure composed of around 60-80 carbon atoms in pentagon and hexagon configur...

Fumarate Hydratase - An enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of fumaric acid to yield L-malic acid. It is one o...

Fumarates - Compounds based on fumaric acid....

Fumaria - A plant genus of the family FUMARIACEAE that contains fumariline and other isoquinoline alkaloids....

Fumariaceae - The fumitory, or bleeding-heart plant family of the order Papaverales, subclass Magnoliidae, class M...

Fumigation - The application of smoke, vapor, or gas for the purpose of disinfecting or destroying pests or micro...

Fumonisins - A group of MYCOTOXINS found in CORN contaminated with FUSARIUM fungus. They are chains of about 20 c...

Functional Food - Components of the usual diet that may provide health benefits beyond basic nutrients. Examples of fu...

Functional Laterality - Behavioral manifestations of cerebral dominance in which there is preferential use and superior func...

Functional Residual Capacity - The volume of air remaining in the LUNGS at the end of a normal, quiet expiration. It is the sum of ...

Fund Raising - Usually organized community efforts to raise money to promote financial programs of institutions. Th...

Fundoplication - Mobilization of the lower end of the esophagus and plication of the fundus of the stomach around it ...

Fundulidae - Family of small, surface-dwelling fish that inhabit fresh and brackish waters, and coastal marine ar...

Fundus Oculi - The concave interior of the eye, consisting of the retina, the choroid, the sclera, the optic disk, ...

Funeral Rites - Those customs and ceremonies pertaining to the dead....

Funeral Sermons - Works consisting of sermons delivered at ceremonies for a dead person prior to burial or cremation. ...

Fungal Proteins - Proteins found in any species of fungus....

Fungal Structures - The parts of fungi....

Fungal Vaccines - Suspensions of attenuated or killed fungi administered for the prevention or treatment of infectious...

Fungemia - The presence of fungi circulating in the blood. Opportunistic fungal sepsis is seen most often in im...

Fungi - A kingdom of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that live parasitically as saprobes, including MUSH...

Fungi, Unclassified - Fungi whose taxonomic relationships have not been authoritatively established....

Fungicides, Industrial - Chemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of fungi in agricultural applications, on wood, plastics, ...

Funnel Chest - A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed,...

Fur Seals - A group comprised of several species of eared seals found in two genera, in the family Otariidae. In...

Fura-2 - A fluorescent calcium chelating agent which is used to study intracellular calcium in many tissues. ...

Furagin - Nitrofuran derivative anti-infective agent used for urinary tract infections....

Furans - Compounds with a 5-membered ring of four carbons and an oxygen. They are aromatic heterocycles. The...

Furazolidone - A nitrofuran derivative with antiprotozoal and antibacterial activity. Furazolidone acts by gradual ...

Furcation Defects - Conditions in which a bifurcation or trifurcation of the molar tooth root becomes denuded as a resul...

Furin - A proprotein convertase with specificity for the proproteins of PROALBUMIN; COMPLEMENT 3C; and VON W...

Furosemide - A benzoic-sulfonamide-furan. It is a diuretic with fast onset and short duration that is used for ED...

Fursultiamin - Compound used for therapy of thiamine deficiency. It has also been suggested for several non-deficie...

Furunculosis - A persistent skin infection marked by the presence of furuncles, often chronic and recurrent. In hum...

Furylfuramide - Used formerly as antimicrobial food additive. It causes mutations in many cell cultures and may be c...

Fusaric Acid - A picolinic acid derivative isolated from various Fusarium species. It has been proposed for a varie...

Fusarium - A mitosporic Hypocreales fungal genus, various species of which are important parasitic pathogens of...

Fused Teeth - Two teeth united during development by the union of their tooth germs; the teeth may be joined by th...

Fuselloviridae - A family of lemon-shaped DNA viruses infecting ARCHAEA and containing one genus: Fusellovirus....

Fushi Tarazu Transcription Factors - Fushi tarazu transcription factors were originally identified in DROSOPHILA. They are found througho...

Fusidic Acid - An antibiotic isolated from the fermentation broth of Fusidium coccineum. (From Merck Index, 11th ed...

Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl - Translation products of a fusion gene derived from CHROMOSOMAL TRANSLOCATION of C-ABL GENES to the g...

Fusion Proteins, gag-onc - General name for the translation products of a fusion mRNA consisting of a gag gene and a viral onco...

Fusion Proteins, gag-pol - Polyprotein products of a fused portion of retroviral mRNA containing the gag and pol genes. The pol...

Fusobacteria - A phylum of anaerobic, gram-negative bacteria with a chemoorganotrophic heterotrophic metabolism. Th...

Fusobacteriaceae Infections - Infections with bacteria of the family Fusobacteriaceae, in the order Fusobacterales, phylum FUSOBAC...

Fusobacterium - A genus of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria found in cavities of humans and other anima...

Fusobacterium Infections - Infections with bacteria of the genus FUSOBACTERIUM....

Fusobacterium necrophorum - A species of gram-negative, non-spore-forming bacteria isolated from the natural cavities of man and...

Fusobacterium nucleatum - A species of gram-negative, anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria isolated from the gingival margin and sul...

Fuzzy Logic - Approximate, quantitative reasoning that is concerned with the linguistic ambiguity which exists in ...

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