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Multicentre trial
Multicentre trial A clinical trial conducted according to a single protocol but at more than one site, and therefore, carried out by more than one investigator.
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Clinical
That which can be observed in patients. Research that uses patients to test new treatments, as opposed to laboratory testing or research in animals.
Protocol
An outline of care; a treatment plan.
Investigator
A person responsible for the conduct of the clinical trial at a trial site. If a trial is conducted by a team of individuals at a trial site, the Investigator is the responsible leader of the team and may be called the Principal Investigator.
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Multan doctors
All doctors near Multan, Pakistan. Doctors who can assist a patient in Multan.
MultiCare Health System
The MultiCare Health System is a hospital in Tacoma, Washington, United States.
Multicentric reticulohistiocytosis
A rare disorder which may be mistaken for rheumatoid arthritis due to the presence of nodules and an erosive arthritis.
Multidisciplinary
Several branches of medicine, science, or other professions working together toward common goals.
Multifuge
Multifuge is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): piperazine citrate.
Multigated Acquisition Scan (MUGA scan)
A nuclear scan that evaluates the pumping function of the ventricles.
Multihance
Multihance is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): gadobenate dimeglumine.
Multihance multipack
Multihance multipack is a prescription or over-the-counter drug which is (or once was) approved in the United States and possibly in other countries. Active ingredient(s): gadobenate dimeglumine.
Multiphilia
The compulsive condition of recurrent limerence or falling in love and pair-bonding with a new partner for a period of limited duration. It is one of the manifestations of ultraertia. The degree of pair-bondedness with the partner, despite its brevity, distinguishes multiphilia from nymphomania and satyriasis (Don Juanism).
Multiple abortion
Two or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) by a woman. Couples who have had multiple abortions have about a 5% chance that one member of the couple is carrying a chromosome translocation responsible for the miscarriages.
Multiple birth
More than 1 baby delivered.
Multiple gestation
The term to used to describe more than one fetus in the womb, as in the case of twins, triplets, or other higher order multiples. With the use of fertility drugs, multiples have become more common.
Multiple personality
Split personality; a mental condition in which a person experiences him/herself as two or more different people, differently named, and with major extremes in behavior and life-style, each dissociated from the other, with variable degrees of overlap and shared memory or mutual amnesia Paraphilic sex crimes are commonly committed in a fugue-like, or dual-personality state Transvestophiles have a male and a female personality.
Multiple sclerosis
An auto-immune disease of the central nervous system, mainly affecting young adults, whose origin is unknown. It damages nerve fiber insulation (myelin) in a random and patchy manner, causing a wide range of neurological defects. It is characterized clinically by symptoms that typically abate spontaneously in the early years of the disease but often get gradually worse in later years.
Multiplexed paraphilia
A situation in which a person may mainifest several paraphilic syndromes synchronously with one another.
Multipotent stem cells
Stem cells from the embryo, fetus, or adult, whose progeny are of multiple differentiated cell types and usually, but not necessarily, all of a particular tissue, organ, or physiological system.
Multivariate
Having more than one variable, or caused by more than one determinant.
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Mode
The most frequently occurring value in a data set.
Monitoring
The act of overseeing the progress of a clinical trial, and of ensuring that it is conducted, recorded, and reported in accordance with the protocol, standard operating procedures (S0Ps), good clinical practice (GCP), and the applicable regulatory requirement(s).
Monitoring committee
See independent data-monitoring committee.
Monitoring report
A written report from the monitor to the investigators after each site visit and/or other trial-related communication according to the relevant SOPS.
Mortality
Statistics on deaths within a population based on official death certificates, usually showing numbers of deaths by age, sex and cause.
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M.F.A.
Master of Fine Arts.
Mono-diet (monophagic diet)
Any regimen characterized by|(a) restriction of food intake to one specific kind of food, or (b) restriction of each meal to one specific kind of food (e.g., porridge alone for breakfast, fruits alone for lunch, and meat alone for dinner).
M.S.W.
Master of Social Work.
Macrosomia
Abnormally large; in diabetes, refers to abnormally large babies that may be born to women with diabetes.
Macrovascular Disease
A disease of the large blood vessels that sometimes occurs when a person has had diabetes for a long time. Fat and blood clots build up in the large blood vessels and stick to the vessel walls. Three kinds of macrovascular disease are coronary disease, cerebrovascular disease, and peripheral vascular disease.
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