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Hansen's disease
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- NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. An imaging technique that does not use radiation.
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- Tandem repeat sequences Multiple copies of the same DNA base sequence on a chromosome; used as a marker in physical mapping of the…
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- Forgotten disease Name sometimes given to Lemierre syndrome