Cynara, genus Cynara - artichoke; cardoon. vegetable - any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower.
Graft-versus-host disease. Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is a medical complication following the receipt of transplanted tissue from a genetically different person. GvHD is commonly associated with stem cell transplant (bone marrow transplant), but the term also applies to other forms of tissue graft.
Historical Perspective Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) was recognized only after the discovery of GH in 1921; however, this form of proportional dwarfism had been described much earlier.he Update of Guidelines for the Use of Growth Hormone in Children 12 has suggested that GH therapy for GHD be initiated only after an MRI or a computed tomography (CT) scan has excluded an intracranial mass lesion.