Sentences with phrase «small volume disease»

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«The method supports detecting microRNAs directly from very small volumes of CSF to potentially get an indication of different types of diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimers, Huntingdon's, and traumatic brain injuries,» says Pregibon.

However, a patient with a large volume of disease in the lung may, in fact, have a worse prognosis than someone with a small volume of disease in the liver,» Dr. Joseph says.

Every standard deviation increase in the inflammation score was also associated with a hippocampus volume that was 110 cubic millimeters smaller and the volume of other areas affected by Alzheimer's disease was 532 cubic millimeters smaller.

Since this syndrome is seen predominantly in very small dogs, it is tempting to speculate that the disease may be partially linked to increased antigenic load in comparison to the body size of the dog, since the same volume of rabies vaccine is given to all dogs subcutaneously.

«There are variable degrees of expression of this disease trait, from a mild form to the most severe form, where patients are ravenous, losing weight, and passing large volumes of stool that are essentially undigested food,» says Tufts veterinarian Mary Labato, DVM, DACVIM, a specialist in small animal internal medicine.