What is spina bifida? Spina bifida is a neural tube defect that develops during the first month of pregnancy when the spinal column does not close completely. What are the effects of spina bifida? The effects of spina bifida are different for every person.
Tsavorite or tsavolite is a variety of the garnet group species grossular, a calcium-aluminium garnet with the formula Ca3Al2Si3O12. Trace amounts of vanadium or chromium provide the green color.
(December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Transferrin saturation, abbreviated as TSAT and measured as a percentage, is a medical laboratory value. It is the ratio of serum iron and total iron-binding capacity. Of the transferrin that is available to bind iron, this value tells a clinician how much serum iron are actually bound. For instance, a value of 15% means that 15% of iron-binding sites of transferrin are being occupied by iron.