What does LOA stand for?

Loss of Attachment (periodontal disease)

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Strength: He demonstrated considerable weakness in the abdominal and back extensor musculature secondary to the loss of attachment availability from removal of the right pelvic structures.

Physical therapy management of a patient following external ...

Loss of attachment to matrix causes apoptosis in many cell types including T cells (51).

Mechanisms of allergic inflammation/Allerjik inflamasyonun ...

In cancer, cells have acquired genetic changes that allow them to survive during loss of attachment.

Potential new target to stop colorectal cancer's spread identified

Attachment theory has long been viewed within the context of infant and child development with a primary interest in the effects of poor attachments, separation or loss of attachment (Bowlby, 1969:86, 1982:67; Kernberg, 1982:894).

Experience of young adults from divorced families

Possible explanations include increasing urbanization, greater geographic mobility (thus leading to a loss of attachment to the old homestead), and ever-increasing alterations in the roles of women, with resulting changes in family structure.

Depression affecting younger people more

The most primal fear of all is a loss of attachment," said Donald Shifrin, a practicing Seattle pediatrician and chairman of the American Academy of Pediatrics communications committee.

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