DeCS 
    2008 - March 17, 2008 version
    
       
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 | 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 |