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Reactant, acute phase
See: Acute-phase protein
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- Paul M. Zoll See: Zoll, Paul M.
- Tapazol Trade name for methimazole, an antithyroid medication.
- Selenoprotein A peculiar class of proteins that contain the essential trace element selenium. The selenium in these…
- Immune system A complex system that is responsible for distinguishing us from everything foreign to us, and for protecting…
- Mouth, trench See: Trench mouth
- Diabetes, juvenile-onset See Diabetes, type 1
- Hyperbilirubinemia An elevated level of the pigment bilirubin in the blood. A sufficient elevation will produce jaundice. Some…
- Cancer, breast, susceptibility genes Cancer, breast, susceptibility genes: Inherited factors that predispose to breast cancer. Put otherwise…
- Brain ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists…