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Subject: GLOSSARY (d)
Date: November 1989 from BETA #3 and BETA #4 (7 items)

danazol:

A drug that suppresses the action of the pituitary gland. It is used in the treatment of thrombo- cytopenia (ITP).

dapsone:

An antibacterial drug used to treat PCP.

dementia:

A loss of mental capacity. AIDS related dementia may be caused by HIV or other infections.

demyelinating:

Having to do with destruction of the myelin sheath that surrounds and insulates the axon of some nerves.

distal:

Farthest from the center or from a central point of reference.

DNA:

Deoxyribonucleic acid. Material in the nucleus of a cell which contains the cell's genetic code.

double blind study:

A method of medical investigation in which neither the subject nor the investigator knows what treatment, if any, the subject is receiving. At the end of the experiment, the "code" is broken and data are analyzed with respect to the various treatments used. This method attempts to eliminate observer and subject bias.