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Das Bild zeigt einen Arzt am Tisch, der den Blutdruck einer jungen Patientin mit einem Blutdruckmessgerät misst.

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ALS

abbreviation of: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

APU

abbreviation of: Abdominal Pain Unit

Structured treatment process for patients with atraumatic abdominal pain presenting in the emergency department.

ATMP

abbreviation of: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product

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CC10

abbreviation of: CharitéCentrum für innere Medizin mit Gastroenterologie und Nephrologie

In order to optimally organise teaching, research and patient care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has founded 17 "Charité Centres" (CC). More than 100 clinics and institutes work in the centres:

CC 1 Human and Health Sciences
CC 2 Basic Medicine (1st stage of studies)
CC 3 Dental, Oral and Maxillofacial Medicine
CC 4 Biomedicine
CC 5 Diagnostic and Preventive Laboratory Medicine
CC 6 Diagnostic and interventional radiology and nuclear medicine
CC 7 Anaesthesiology, theatre management and intensive care medicine
CC 8 Surgical medicine
CC 9 Orthopaedics and trauma surgery
CC 10 Multidisciplinary Medicine
CC 11 Global Health
CC 12 Internal Medicine and Dermatology
CC 13 Internal Medicine with Gastroenterology and Nephrology
CC 14 Tumour medicine
CC 15 Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
CC 16 Audiology / phoniatrics, ophthalmology and otorhinolaryngology
CC 17 Gynaecology, paediatrics and adolescent medicine with perinatal centre and human genetics

Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint centre for translational clinical research of Charité - Universitätsmedizin and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin.

The Charité rescue centres are organisationally part of CC 10.

Charité 3R

definition: Charité 3R

Charité 3R – Replace | Reduce | Refine – promotes the development of innovative methods in biomedical research with the objective of replacing animal experiments, reducing their number or refining experiments in order to relieve the burden placed on laboratory animals. With the over-arching goal of improving biomedical translation into applicable therapies for the human patient in mind, Charité 3R is an interdisciplinary effort to improve both medicine and animal welfare. Charité 3R will stimulate research in all 3Rs and consequently foster the development of novel alternative methods.

Charite 3R Website

CT

abbreviation of: computed tomography

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DFG

abbreviation of: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

German Research Foundation

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KHK

abbreviation of: Coronary heart disease

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MRI

abbreviation of: Magnetic resonance imaging