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Meanings of hfa in English

Portuguese
síndrome de parry-romberg
Spanish
hemiatrofia facial progresiva
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A rare disease characterized by progressive shrinkage and degeneration of the tissues beneath the skin, usually on only one side of the face (hemifacial atrophy) but occasionally extending to other parts of the body.

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síndrome de parry-romberg
Russian
высокофункциональный аутизм
Portuguese
altismo altamente funcional
Spanish
autismo de alto funcionamiento
Catalan
autisme d'alt funcionament

People with autism who are deemed to be cognitively "higher functioning" (with an IQ of 70 or greater) than other people with autism.

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высокофункциональный аутизм
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Examples for "pha"
Examples for "pha"
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The pha-1 gene of Caenorhabditis elegans was originally heralded as a master regulator of organ differentiation.
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Under their king Su-ka-pha they invaded Assam (q.v.)
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Recent progress in biological clock research has facilitated genetic analysis of circadian rhythm sleep disorders, such as delayed sleep pha …
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A new study suggests instead that pha-1 actually serves no role in development and instead is a component of a selfish genetic element.
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Immune stimulation by PHA suppressed the infection, but only among carotenoid-supplemented birds.
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The present case report deals with a 43-year-old woman with progressive hemifacial atrophy which started from the age of 10 months.
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Two patients aged 21 and 50 years presented with facial hemiatrophy and unilateral spasms of the masticatory muscles.
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Those findings are compatible with Romberg's facial hemiatrophy diagnosis, motivating discussion of several aspects of this rare disease according to the account and literature.
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Facial hemiatrophy is an incurable disease, as yet of unknown pathology.
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The spasm responded to carbamazepine but hemifacial atrophy persists.
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The present case report deals with a 43-year-old woman with progressive hemifacial atrophy which started from the age of 10 months.
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Chemical compound.

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HFA: Who are some current artists you think everyone should be following?
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Only one case showed pathological HFA results, while FOP was normal.
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Apollo's assets under management have more than doubled since it invested in HFA.
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Up to now, the substrates used for microbial HFA production were free fatty acids.
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The HFA group showed dissociation in response inhibition performance, as indexed by commission errors.
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Certitude is HFA's heritage Australian fund business.
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The total and LDL cholesterol were lower in the groups which received HFA than in the control group.
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The HFA group showed no sustained attention deficits, through a normal number of omission errors on both SART versions.
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This multicenter, open-label study evaluated the safety of switching asthma patients from TAA-CFC to one of two TAA-HFA formulations.
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But it can be used if the animal survives and is then killed by halal methods, the HFA adds.
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Apollo declined to comment while representatives of Lighthouse, HFA and Freeman & Co did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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The new programme will see the bank invest €150 million which will be matched by the Housing Finance Agency (HFA).
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The ADHD group showed greater fast-frequency variability in response time, indicative of impaired top-down control, relative to the HFA and control groups.
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This study confirms that TAA-HFA provides effective, long-term asthma control and can safely be substituted for the currently marketed CFC-containing TAA product.
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In 15 cases we found normal visual fields in HFA 30-2, whereas FOP revealed early glaucomatous functional damage.
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These data imply involvement of fronto-parietal attentional networks and sub-cortical arousal systems in the pathology of ADHD and prefrontal cortex dysfunction in children with HFA.
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