See Also: Halberstaedter-Prowazek bodies(medicine)
Prowazek bodies(medicine)
Prowazek-Greeff bodies(medicine)
separation anxiety(medicine)
Separation anxiety(health)
anxiety, separation(medicine)
separation anxiety disorder(medicine)
Separation anxiety disorder(health)
Halberstaedter, Ludwig(medicine)
Prowazek, Stanislas von(medicine)

Separation anxiety disorder (health) and Halberstaedter-Prowazek bodies (medicine)


Separation anxiety disorder (health)


A disorder with onset before the age of 18 consisting of inappropriate anxiety concerning separation from Home or from persons to whom the child is attached. Among the symptoms that may be seen are unrealistic concern about harm befalling or loss of major attachment figures; refusal to go to school (school phobia) in order to stay at Home and maintain contact with this figure; refusal to go to sleep unless close to this person; clinging; nightmares about the theme of separation; and development of physical symptoms or mood changes (apathy, depression) when separation occurs or is anticipated.







Halberstaedter-Prowazek bodies (medicine)


Halberstaedter-Prowazek bodies -->
trachoma bodies


Distinctive, complex, intracytoplasmic forms found in the conjunctival epithelial cells of persons in the acute phase of trachoma, less frequently in later stages, varying from 1) discrete acidophilic granules (approximately 250 nm in diameter), to 2) irregular clumps of such material embedded in a basophilic matrix, to 3) relatively large basophilic body's (approximately 700 to 1000 nm in diameter), to 4) large basophilic body's that include discrete, tiny, acidophilic granules.

Synonym: Halberstaedter-Prowazek bodies, Prowazek-Greeff bodies.