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Pulmonary tuberculosis
See: Tuberculosis, pulmonary.
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- Acute phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein
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- Dry skin Abnormally dry skin. Can be caused by a dry climate, winter weather, deficiency of vitamin A, systemic…
- B-type natriuretic peptide A 32-amino-acid polypeptide secreted by the ventricles of the heart in response to excessive stretching of…
- Centromere The cinched 'waist' of the chromosome essential for the division and the retention of the chromosome in the…
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- ALS5 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 5