just FYI, named after Frederick Mohs...
Posted By: Happy New Year! n/m on 2008-01-02
In Reply to: treatment for skin cancer - trose
Subject: just FYI, named after Frederick Mohs...
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Mohs surgery named after .......
Subject: Mohs surgery named after .......
Surgery named after Frederic Mohs, so
Subject: Surgery named after Frederic Mohs, so
no apostrophe after the h.
named after a man named Schmorl.....sm
Subject: named after a man named Schmorl.....sm
Schmorl's nodes
Also known as:
Schmorl's nodule
Associated persons:
Christian Georg Schmorl
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Description:
Protrusion of the vertebral disc into the vertebra in adolescent kyphosis. They are usually asymptomatic and begin as a defect of the cortex or the vertebral body endplate of a vertebra, followed by fissures and protrusion of the nucleus pulposus.
http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2377.html
Mohs
Subject: Mohs
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Mohs (nm)
Subject: Mohs (nm)
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Mohs
Subject: Mohs
MOHS
Subject: MOHS
That's it! Thanks so much for your help!
Mohs?
Subject: Mohs?
Mohs' per Dorland
Subject: Mohs' per Dorland
Stedman's just has Mohs (no ')
Subject: Stedman's just has Mohs (no ')
nm
1:100,000 epinephrine - Mohs'
Subject: 1:100,000 epinephrine - Mohs'
Mohs procedure
Subject: Mohs procedure
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Mohs chemosurgery is as follows:
Subject: Mohs chemosurgery is as follows:
a technique for removal of skin tumors with minimum or normal tissue, by prior necrosis, etc., excision and microscopic examination of frozen section of thin horizontal layers of tissue, until all of the tumor is removed. I thouight this might be it. Maybe not.
could it be MOHS surgery?? they use it for basal cell carcinoma.
Subject: could it be MOHS surgery?? they use it for basal cell carcinoma.
hmm, not sure, Mohs is a type of surgery, this sounds more like lab data...sm
Subject: hmm, not sure, Mohs is a type of surgery, this sounds more like lab data...sm
Thanks will research further to see if I can find Mohs count.
No - not unless a company is named.
Subject: No - not unless a company is named.
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it's apostrophe s when named after anyone....sm
Subject: it's apostrophe s when named after anyone....sm
regardless of what the AAMT says......
I don't capitalize them ever unless they are named after someone
Subject: I don't capitalize them ever unless they are named after someone
i.e.
functional disorder
Gaucher disorder
gender identity disorders
generalized anxiety disorder
grandiose type of paranoid disorder
Hartnup disorder
Perhaps this, named after a doctor.
Subject: Perhaps this, named after a doctor.
copy & paste the link:
http://www.drhealth.net/therapies/rife.html
Lots of other stuff on the net.
Yes, gray was named in honor of....
Subject: Yes, gray was named in honor of....
scientist, but it is not capitalized -- like you do for most eponynms. There are lots of sites on the internet defining radiation terms if you really want to read up on them.
It is named after a gentleman with the last name of "Waller"
Subject: It is named after a gentleman with the last name of "Waller"
so, I am still thinking not capitalized. 
see link inside for who it was named for....sm
Subject: see link inside for who it was named for....sm
from www.whonamedit.com
So, it would be Graves' disease since it's named after somebody.
There is a town named Genoa. Could this be it?
Subject: There is a town named Genoa. Could this be it?
named after John Homans.....
Subject: named after John Homans.....
Biography:
John Homans worked on experimental hypophysectomy with Harvey Williams Cushing (1869-1939) at Johns Hopkins. Homans, Cushing and Samuel James Crowe (1883-1955) in 1910 presented the first evidence of the relationship between the pituitary and the reproductive system. Homans later became interested in peripheral vascular disease.
His wife was Helen Perkins Homans. Their daughter Helen Homans died of pneumonia on November 22, 1916, while serving as a nurse with the Red Cross in France. Homans' three sons all graduated from Harvard.
from whonamedit.com
Anyone familiar with a medication named
Subject: Anyone familiar with a medication named
Bell's is possessive named for
Subject: Bell's is possessive named for
Sir Charles Bell who came up with the phenomenon.
no S - named after Virginia Apgar...nm
Subject: no S - named after Virginia Apgar...nm
Yes, named after Daniel Fahrenheit. nm
Subject: Yes, named after Daniel Fahrenheit. nm
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based on other meds named...
Subject: based on other meds named...
It seems likely that the mystery name has something to do with doxorubicin. It will be interesting to see if you get a reply so that we all can learn something new!
same poster here - all iris scissors named after
Subject: same poster here - all iris scissors named after
I know it as all iris scissors have a proper name (named after someone) before them.....so iris would be lower case. *S* Hope that helps......
IS your patient named Ruby, or can we have the sentence with this in it? nm
Subject: IS your patient named Ruby, or can we have the sentence with this in it? nm
s
Eli M. named a congenital syndrome - not a culdoplasty procedure nm
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agree with chandelier sign...named so because pain could be
Subject: agree with chandelier sign...named so because pain could be
so bad, it would leave women hanging from the chandelier!
d~
Is there a named procedure later in the dictation to help decide what's wrong
Subject: Is there a named procedure later in the dictation to help decide what's wrong
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fOur formerly named advocate, AAMT, doesn't give
Subject: fOur formerly named advocate, AAMT, doesn't give
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may be named after famous orthopedist Roger A. Mann, MD? nm
Subject: may be named after famous orthopedist Roger A. Mann, MD? nm
Drug named s/l centinal for heart condition.
Subject: Drug named s/l centinal for heart condition.
Any ideas? Thanks
Forgot to mention, named after Rene Le Fort in 1901. nm
Subject: Forgot to mention, named after Rene Le Fort in 1901. nm
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Try DePuy - they make "cat" named spinal devices
Subject: Try DePuy - they make "cat" named spinal devices
Bengal™ is a spinal implant made of radiolucent carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP), a material that has a modulus of elasticity approximating that of cortical bone. The result is an implant that meets the structural requirements of anterior column support, while optimizing the fusion environment through an open, load-sharing design.
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc.
Customer Service: (800) 366-8143
Web site: http://www.jnjgateway.com/home.jhtml?loc=USENG&page=viewContent&contentId=09008b9880772d01
ehrlichiosis - caused by bacteria named Ehrlichia. The bacteria, which are transmitted by ticks, ca
Subject: ehrlichiosis - caused by bacteria named Ehrlichia. The bacteria, which are transmitted by ticks, can infect certain types of white blood cells.
it's Graves' disease, named after Robert James Graves(1796–1853), a British physician
Subject: it's Graves' disease, named after Robert James Graves(1796–1853), a British physician
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It's Tesla, named for Nicola Tesla - formerly gauss magnet NM
Subject: It's Tesla, named for Nicola Tesla - formerly gauss magnet NM
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I believe it would be Watson and Ballet test, they are the names the test is named after. nm
Subject: I believe it would be Watson and Ballet test, they are the names the test is named after. nm
Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. These are named after..
Subject: Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. These are named after..
Alzheimer's disease
Also known as:
Alzheimer's dementia
Alzheimer's sclerosis
Alzheimer's syndrome
Alzheimer-Perusini disease (misnomer)
Dementia of the Alzheimer type
Senile dementia of the Alzheimer type
Synonyms:
Presenile dementia, senile dementia.
Associated persons:
Alois Alzheimer
James Parkinson
English physician and paleontologist, born April 11, 1755, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch, London; died 1824, London.
Associated eponyms:
Parkinson's crisis
Exaggeration of the characteristics of parkinsonism associated with acute anxiety.
Parkinson's disease
A degenerative disorder of the nervous system characterized by masklike facies, a fine, slowly spreading tremor, cogwheel rigidity, bradykinesia, and postural instability with a peculiar gait.
Parkinson's facies
The immobile, expressionless, masklike facial characteristic of parkinsonism.
Apgar. Named for Dr.Virginia Apgar
Subject: Apgar. Named for Dr.Virginia Apgar
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