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ICD-9-CM Code - 340
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340 - Multiple sclerosis
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Accessory Structures of the Skin

Pain

Adaptive Immunity

Memory cells

Anatomical Language

Anatomical directions: Dorsal

Body Systems

Nervous system

Brain

Brain
Brain (overview) (3D view)
Brain (Topic)

Case studies

Diabetes (Case study)
Diabetes (Case study)
Diabetes mellitus (Case study)
Multiple sclerosis (Case study)
Pain (Case study)

Clinical

Diabetes mellitus (Clinical slide)
Diabetes mellitus (Clinical text)
Multiple sclerosis (Clinical slide)
Multiple sclerosis (Clinical text)

Connective Tissue

Cells of the immune system (Slide)

Formation of Blood

Stem cells

Joints

Joints
Joints (Topic)

Nervous Tissue

Brain (overview) (3D view)
Nerve
Nervous tissue
Nervous tissue
Nervous tissue (Topic)
Nervous tissue (Topic)
Nervous tissue: ganglion
Nervous tissue: gray matter
Nervous tissue: nerve
Nervous tissue: nucleus
Nervous tissue: tract
Nervous tissue: white matter

Neural and Hormonal Regulation

Brain (overview) (3D view)

Olfaction

Brain (overview) (3D view)

Principles of Immunity

Cells of the immune system (Slide)

Spinal Cord

Spinal cord
Spinal cord (overview) (3D view)
Spinal cord (Topic)
Spinal cord: arachnoid mater
Spinal cord: dura mater
Spinal cord: pia mater
Spinal cord: subarachnoid space

Stomach

G cells
Stem cells

Structural Organization

Chemical

Urine Transport, Storage, and Micturition

Bladder: female
Bladder: male

Vision

Vision
Vision (Topic)
Vision: thalamus
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  Dictionary Definitions  
  Dorland's & Jablonski's Dictionaries  

Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary

Applicable terms:
brain
disseminated
multiple
sclerosis
multiple sclerosis
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Copyright © 2011 Elsevier, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Jablonski's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations

Applicable terms:
NOS

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Copyright © 2010 Elsevier, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
  Stedman's Medical Dictionary  

Stedman's Medical Dictionary

Applicable terms:
brain   
disseminated   
generalized   
multiple   
sclerosis   
multiple sclerosis   
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Copyright ©2009 Wolters Kluwer Health Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All Rights Reserved.
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2011

1990

1988

1986

1984

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