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''Fats said, "These are classic signs: '''the O sign''' on the left and [[The Q Sign|the Q sign]] on the right.  The '''O sign''' is reversible, but once they get to [[The Q Sign|the Q sign]], they never come back." - [[The House of God]]''
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''Fats said, "These are classic signs: '''the O sign''' on the left and [[The Q SIgn|the Q sign]] on the right.  The '''O sign''' is reversible, but once they get to [[The Q sign|the Q sign]], they never come back." - [[The House of God]]''
  
  
First described in Samuel Shem's ''[[The House of God]]'', '''the O sign''' refers to the patient's mouth lying with his or her mouth wide open.  Though '''the O sign''' conveys a poor prognosis, it is treatable.
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First described in Samuel Shem's '''[[The House of God]]'', '''the O sign''' refers to the patient's mouth lying with his or her mouth wide open.  Though '''the O sign''' conveys a poor prognosis, it is treatable.
  
  
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Revision as of 01:40, 13 July 2017

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Fats said, "These are classic signs: the O sign on the left and the Q sign on the right. The O sign is reversible, but once they get to the Q sign, they never come back." - The House of God


First described in Samuel Shem's The House of God, the O sign' refers to the patient's mouth lying with his or her mouth wide open. Though the O sign conveys a poor prognosis, it is treatable.


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