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................................................................................................................................... 1 Accidents, Traffic ............................................................................................................................ 1 Achilles Tendon .............................................................................................................................. 2 Acne Keloid .................................................................................................................................... 3 Acrylic Resins ................................................................................................................................. 3 Acute Kidney Injury ......................................................................................................................... 3 Alzheimer Disease .......................................................................................................................... 4 Amphipod ....................................................................................................................................... 4 Anal Canal ...................................................................................................................................... 4 Aneurysm ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Antibiotic Prophylaxis ..................................................................................................................... 5 Anxiety ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Arteriovenous Fistula ...................................................................................................................... 6 Asbestosis ...................................................................................................................................... 6 Aspergillosis ................................................................................................................................... 6 Asthma ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Babesiosis ...................................................................................................................................... 7 Balanitis .......................................................................................................................................... 8 BCG Vaccine .................................................................................................................................. 8 Biliary Atresia .................................................................................................................................. 8 Biliary Tract Neoplasms .................................................................................................................. 9 Blepharoptosis ................................................................................................................................ 9 Blood Cell Count ............................................................................................................................. 9 Blood Glucose .............................................................................................................................. 10 Blood Transfusion ......................................................................................................................... 10 Brain ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Breast Neoplasms ........................................................................................................................ 11 Breast Self-Examination ............................................................................................................... 11 Brucellosis .................................................................................................................................... 11 Calcium Carbonate ....................................................................................................................... 12 Camels ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Candida albicans .......................................................................................................................... 13 Capsule Endoscopy ...................................................................................................................... 13 Cardiovascular Diseases .............................................................................................................. 14 Carnitine ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Central Nervous System Neoplasms ............................................................................................ 14 Cerebral Hemorrhage ................................................................................................................... 15 Chewing Gum ............................................................................................................................... 15 Child Welfare ................................................................................................................................ 15 Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ................................................................................................... 16 Chronic Periodontitis .................................................................................................................... 17 Ciliary Body .................................................................................................................................. 17 Cleft Lip ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Colonorchis Sinensis .................................................................................................................... 18 Communicable Diseases .............................................................................................................. 18 Congenital Abnormalities