DeCS 2008 - March 17, 2008 version

Alphabetic Index of Descriptors


K Cells use Killer Cells

K562 Cells

KATP Channels

KB Cells

KCNQ Potassium Channels

KCNQ1 Potassium Channel

KCNQ2 Potassium Channel

KCNQ3 Potassium Channel

KG-CAM use Activated-Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule

KIR Family Receptors use Receptors, KIR

KIR Receptors use Receptors, KIR

KSHV use Herpesvirus 8, Human

Kadipiro virus use Coltivirus

Kadsura

Kaempferia use Zingiberaceae

Kaempferols

Kahn Test use Syphilis Serodiagnosis

Kainate Receptors use Receptors, Kainic Acid

Kainic Acid

Kainic Acid Receptors use Receptors, Kainic Acid

Kairomones use Pheromones

Kajals use Products for Eye Areas

Kala-Azar use Leishmaniasis, Visceral

Kalaallit Nunaat use Greenland

Kalaallits use Inuits

Kalahari use Botswana

Kalanchoe

Kale use Brassica

Kali Aceticum

Kali Arsenicosum

Kali Bichromicum

Kali Bioxalicum

Kali Bitartaricum

Kali Bromatum

Kali Carbonicum

Kali Causticum

Kali Chloricum

Kali Chlorosum

Kali Chromicum

Kali Citricum

Kali Cyanatum

Kali Ferrocyanatum

Kali Fluoratum

Kali Hypophosphoricum

Kali Iodatum

Kali Manganicum

Kali Muriaticum

Kali Nitricum

Kali Oxalicum

Kali Permanganicum

Kali Phosphoricum

Kali Picricum

Kali Salicylicum

Kali Silicicum

Kali Sulphuratum

Kali Sulphuricum

Kali Sulphuricum Chromicum

Kali Sulphurosum

Kali Tartaricum

Kali Telluricum

Kali Xanthogenicum

Kalium Nitricum use Kali Nitricum

Kalium Sulfuricum use Kali Sulphuricum

Kalium Sulfuricum Chromicum use Kali Sulphuricum Chromicum

Kalium Sulphuratum use Kali Sulphuratum

Kalium Tartaricum use Kali Tartaricum

Kallidin

Kallikrein use Kallikreins

Kallikrein hK3 use Prostate-Specific Antigen

Kallikrein-Kinin System

Kallikrein-Trypsin Inactivator use Aprotinin

Kallikreins

Kallmann Syndrome

Kalmia latifolia

Kalonji use Nigella sativa

Kalopanax

Kamala (Homeopathy)

Kamala Tree use Mallotus Plant

Kampo Medicine use Medicine, Kampo

Kampuchea use Cambodia

Kanamycin

Kanamycin Kinase

Kanamycin Resistance

Kandelia use Rhizophoraceae

Kandinsky Syndrome use Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders

Kangai-1 Protein

Kangaroo Rats use Dipodomys

Kangaroos use Macropodidae

Kanner's Syndrome use Autistic Disorder

Kansas

Kanuka use Kunzea

Kaolin

Kaolin-Cephalin Coagulation Time use Partial Thromboplastin Time

Kaolinum

Kaplan-Meiers Estimate

Kapok Tree use Ceiba

Kaposi Disease use Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Kaposi Sarcoma use Sarcoma, Kaposi

Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus use Herpesvirus 8, Human

Kaposi Varicelliform Eruption

Kappapapillomavirus

Karaka

Karanja use Pongamia

Karate use Martial Arts

Karaya use Sterculia

Karaya Gum

Karela use Momordica charantia

Karlsbad Aqua use Carlsbad Aqua

Karminomycin use Carubicin

Karnofsky Performance Status

Karnofsky Scale use Karnofsky Performance Status

Kartagener Syndrome

Kartagener Triad use Kartagener Syndrome

Karwinskia

Karwinskia humboldtiana

Karyokinesis use Cell Nucleus Division

Karyometry

Karyopherin-beta use beta Karyopherins

Karyopherins

Karyotype, Abnormal use Chromosome Aberrations

Karyotyping

Karyotyping, Spectral use Spectral Karyotyping

Kasaba use Manihot

Kasba virus use Palyam Virus

Kassebaum Kennedy Act use Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Kassinin

Katanga use Democratic Republic of the Congo

Katar use Qatar

Katz Adjustment Scales use Psychiatric Status Rating Scales

Kava

Kava-kava use Piper methysticum (Homeopathy)

Kawasaki Disease use Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome

Kazakh S.S.R. use Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazal Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor use Trypsin Inhibitor, Kazal Pancreatic

Kearns Syndrome use Kearns-Sayer Syndrome

Kearns-Sayer Syndrome

Keeping of Poultry use Aviculture

Kefir use Cultured Milk Products

Kell Blood-Group System

Keloid

Keloidal Acne use Acne Keloid

Kelp

Kelp, Giant use Macrocystis

Kenaf use Hibiscus

Kennedy Kassebaum Act use Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Kennedy Syndrome use Muscular Atrophy, Spinal

Kentism

Kentucky

Kentucky Blue Grass use Poa

Kenya

Keratan Sulfate

Keratectomy, Laser use Corneal Surgery, Laser

Keratectomy, Subepithelial, Laser-Assisted

Keratin-1

Keratin-10

Keratin-12

Keratin-13

Keratin-14

Keratin-15

Keratin-16

Keratin-17

Keratin-18

Keratin-19

Keratin-2

Keratin-20

Keratin-3

Keratin-4

Keratin-5

Keratin-6

Keratin-7

Keratin-8

Keratin-9

Keratinocytes

Keratins

Keratins, Hair-Specific

Keratins, Type I

Keratins, Type II

Keratitis

Keratitis, Acanthamoeba use Acanthamoeba Keratitis

Keratitis, Dendritic

Keratitis, Furrow use Keratitis, Dendritic

Keratitis, Herpetic

Keratitis, Ulcerative use Corneal Ulcer

Keratoacanthoma

Keratoconjunctivitis

Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca

Keratoconjunctivitis, Infectious

Keratoconjunctivitis, Vernal use Conjunctivitis, Allergic

Keratoconus

Keratocysts use Odontogenic Cysts

Keratoderma Blennorrhagicum use Keratosis

Keratoderma, Palmoplantar

Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Diffuse

Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Epidermolytic

Keratolytic Agents

Keratoma use Keratosis

Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ

Keratomileusis, Subepithelial, Laser-Assisted use Keratectomy, Subepithelial, Laser-Assisted

Keratoplasty use Corneal Transplantation

Keratoplasty, Lamellar use Corneal Transplantation

Keratoplasty, Penetrating

Keratorefractive Surgical Procedures use Refractive Surgical Procedures

Keratosis

Keratosis Blennorrhagica use Keratosis

Keratosis Follicularis

Keratosis Palmaris et Plantaris use Keratoderma, Palmoplantar

Keratosis, Oral use Leukoplakia, Oral

Keratosis, Palmoplantar use Keratoderma, Palmoplantar

Keratosis, Seborrheic

Keratosulfate use Keratan Sulfate

Keratotomy, Radial

Kerma

Kernicterus

Kerosene

Kerosenum

Kerosine use Kerosene

Kerosolenum

Ketamine

Ketanserin

Keto Acids

Keto Sugars use Ketoses

Ketoacid-Lyases use Oxo-Acid-Lyases

Ketoacidosis, Diabetic use Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Ketocholanic Acid use Dehydrocholic Acid

Ketocholesterols

Ketoconazole

Ketoglutarate Dehydrogenase Complex

Ketoglutarate Glutamine Amidotransferase use Glutamate Synthase

Ketoglutaric Acids

Ketohexokinases use Fructokinases

Ketol-Acid Reductoisomerase

Ketolides

Ketone Bodies

Ketone Oxidoreductases

Ketones

Ketoprofen

Ketoquinolines use Quinolones

Ketorolac

Ketorolac Tromethamine

Ketose-Aldose Isomerases use Aldose-Ketose Isomerases

Ketoses

Ketosis

Ketosis, Diabetic use Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Ketosteroids

Ketosuccinates use Oxaloacetates

Ketotifen

Ketoximes use Oximes

Key Notes

Khat use Catha

Khaya use Meliaceae

Khellin

Khmer Republic use Cambodia

Ki-1 Antigens use Antigens, CD30

Ki-67 Antigen

Ki-ras Genes use Genes, ras

Kickbacks use Fraud

Kidd Blood-Group System

Kidnapping use Crime

Kidnapping (Disasters)

Kidney

Kidney Bean use Phaseolus

Kidney Bean Lectins use Phytohemagglutinins

Kidney Calculi

Kidney Calices

Kidney Cancer use Kidney Neoplasms

Kidney Circulation use Renal Circulation

Kidney Collecting Ducts use Kidney Tubules, Collecting

Kidney Concentrating Ability

Kidney Cortex

Kidney Cortex Necrosis

Kidney Diseases

Kidney Diseases, Cystic

Kidney Failure

Kidney Failure, Acute

Kidney Failure, Chronic

Kidney Function Tests

Kidney Glomerulus

Kidney Insufficiency use Renal Insufficiency

Kidney Insufficiency, Acute use Renal Insufficiency, Acute

Kidney Insufficiency, Chronic use Renal Insufficiency, Chronic

Kidney Medulla

Kidney Neoplasms

Kidney Papilla use Kidney Medulla

Kidney Papillary Necrosis

Kidney Pelvis

Kidney Replacement Therapy use Renal Replacement Therapy

Kidney Stones use Kidney Calculi

Kidney Transplantation

Kidney Tubular Necrosis, Acute

Kidney Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors use Renal Tubular Transport, Inborn Errors

Kidney Tubules

Kidney Tubules, Collecting

Kidney Tubules, Distal

Kidney Tubules, Proximal

Kidney, Artificial

Kidney, Polycystic, Autosomal Dominant use Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant

Kidney, Polycystic, Autosomal Recessive use Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Recessive

Kidney-Brush-Border Neutral Proteinase use Neprilysin

Kienbock Disease use Osteonecrosis

Kieselguhr use Diatomaceous Earth

Kikuchi Disease use Histiocytic Necrotizing Lymphadenitis

Kilham rat virus use Parvovirus

Killed Vaccines use Vaccines, Inactivated

Killer Cells

Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated

Killer Cells, Natural

Killer Inhibitory Receptors use Receptors, KIR

Killer Monocytes, Activated use Monocytes, Activated Killer

Killer Whale use Whale, Killer

Killifish use Fundulidae

Killifish, Gulf use Fundulidae

Killifish, Japanese use Oryzias

Killifishes

Kiloton

Kimura Disease use Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia

Kinases use Phosphotransferases

Kindling, Neurologic

Kinematics use Biomechanics

Kinesics

Kinesin

Kinesiology, Applied

Kinesis

Kinesthesis

Kinetics

Kinetics, Drug use Pharmacokinetics

Kinetin

Kinetocardiography

Kinetochores

Kinetofragminophorea

Kinetoplast DNA use DNA, Kinetoplast

Kinetoplast DNA Maxicircles use DNA, Kinetoplast

Kinetoplast DNA Minicircles use DNA, Kinetoplast

Kinetoplastida

King's Evil

Kingella

Kingella kingae

Kininase I use Lysine Carboxypeptidase

Kininase II use Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A

Kininase II Inhibitors use Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors

Kininogen, High-Molecular-Weight

Kininogen, Low-Molecular-Weight

Kininogenase use Kallikreins

Kininogens

Kinins

Kinky Hair Syndrome use Menkes Kinky Hair Syndrome

Kino australiensis

Kinship Care use Foster Home Care

Kirghiz S.S.R. use Kyrgyzstan

Kirgizstan use Kyrgyzstan

Kiribati use Micronesia

Kirondrin use Glaucarubin

Kirschner Wires use Bone Wires

Kirsten Sarcoma Virus use Kirsten murine sarcoma virus

Kirsten murine sarcoma virus

Kishore Perforated Cards use Repertory, Kishore

Kissingen Aqua

Kitasamycin

Kiwi Plant use Actinidia

Klatskin's Tumor

Klebsiella

Klebsiella Infections

Klebsiella aerogenes use Enterobacter aerogenes

Klebsiella oxytoca

Klebsiella pneumoniae

Klein-Waardenburg Syndrome use Waardenburg's Syndrome

Kleine-Levin Syndrome

Klenow Fragment use DNA Polymerase I

Kleptomania use Impulse Control Disorders

Klinefelter Syndrome

Klippel-Feil Syndrome

Klippel-Trenaunay Disease use Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome

Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome

Kloramfenikol use Chloramphenicol

Klumpke Paralysis use Brachial Plexus Neuropathies

Kluver-Bucy Syndrome

Kluyvera

Kluyveromyces

Knapweed use Centaurea

Knee

Knee Dislocation

Knee Injuries

Knee Joint

Knee Medial Collateral Ligament use Medial Collateral Ligament, Knee

Knee Prosthesis

Knee Replacement, Total use Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee

Knockout Mice use Mice, Knockout

Knotweed use Polygonum

Knowledge

Knowledge Acquisition (Computer) use Artificial Intelligence

Knowledge Bases

Knowledge Bases (Computer) use Knowledge Bases

Knowledge Management for Health Research

Knowledge Representation (Computer) use Artificial Intelligence

Knowledge of Results (Psychology)

Koala use Phascolarctidae

Kobuvirus

Kochia use Chenopodiaceae

Kochia scoparia use Bassia scoparia

Kock Pouch use Colonic Pouches

Koehler Disease use Osteochondritis

Kohlmeier-Degos Disease use Malignant Atrophic Papulosis

Kojewnikow Syndrome use Epilepsia Partialis Continua

Kola

Kola, Bitter use Garcinia kola

Kollitsch Groups

Kollitshc Charts use Kollitsch Groups

Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test use Statistics, Nonparametric

Kondagogu use Bixaceae

Konjac use Amorphophallus

Korarchaeota

Korea

Korean Americans use Asian Americans

Korean Visible Human Project use Visible Human Projects

Korean War

Korean War, 1950-1953 use Korean War

Koro

Korsakoff Psychosis use Korsakoff Syndrome

Korsakoff Syndrome

Korsakov Method

Korthalsella use Viscaceae

Koshland's Reagent I use 2-Hydroxy-5-nitrobenzyl Bromide

Kosovo use Yugoslavia

Kousso

Kowloon use Hong Kong

Kozhevnikov Syndrome use Epilepsia Partialis Continua

Krabbe Disease use Leukodystrophy, Globoid Cell

Krait use Bungarus

Krameria use Krameriaceae

Krameria triandra use Ratanhia peruviana

Krameriaceae

Kraurosis Penis use Balanitis Xerotica Obliterans

Krause's End Bulbs use Mechanoreceptors

Krebs Cycle use Citric Acid Cycle

Kreosotum

Kresolum

Krev-1 GTP-Binding Protein use rap1 GTP-Binding Proteins

Krill use Euphausiacea

Kringles

Krukenberg Tumor

Krupin Valves use Glaucoma Drainage Implants

Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors

Kruskal-Wallis H Statistic use Statistics, Nonparametric

Krypton

Krypton Chloride Excimer Lasers use Lasers, Excimer

Krypton Radioisotopes

Kryptosterol use Lanosterol

Kudzu use Pueraria

Kufs Disease use Neuronal Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses

Kugelberg-Welander Disease use Spinal Muscular Atrophies of Childhood

Kumazasa use Sasa

Kumquat use Rutaceae

Kung Fu use Martial Arts

Kunitz Pancreatic Trypsin Inhibitor use Aprotinin

Kunitz Soybean Trypsin Inhibitor use Trypsin Inhibitor, Kunitz Soybean

Kunjin virus use West Nile virus

Kunzea

Kupffer Cells

Kurchi

Kuru

Kuru Encephalopathy use Kuru

Kussmaul Aphasia use Mutism

Kutaja use Holarrhena

Kuwait

Kv Channel-Interacting Proteins

Kv1 Potassium Channels use Shaker Superfamily of Potassium Channels

Kv1.1 Potassium Channel

Kv1.2 Potassium Channel

Kv1.3 Potassium Channel

Kv1.4 Potassium Channel

Kv1.5 Potassium Channel

Kv1.6 Potassium Channel

Kv3.1 Potassium Channel use Shaw Potassium Channels

Kv3.2 Potassium Channel use Shaw Potassium Channels

Kveim Test

Kwashiorkor

Kyasanur Forest Disease

Kyasanur Forest disease virus use Encephalitis Viruses, Tick-Borne

Kymography

Kymography, Radiographic use Electrokymography

Kynuramine

Kynurenic Acid

Kynurenine

Kynurenine 3-Monooxygenase

Kyphosis

Kyrgyz Republic use Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Kyzylagach virus use Sindbis Virus

k-Strophanthin-alpha use Cymarine

kappa B Enhancer Binding Protein use NF-kappa B

kappa Receptors use Receptors, Opioid, kappa

kappa-Immunoglobulin Light Chains use Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains

kit Proto-Oncogene Protein use Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit