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MP
Abbreviation for mercaptopurine and molecular pathology
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- Long-term care facility A facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or…
- Alice in Wonderland syndrome A syndrome of distorted space, time and body image. The patient with the Alice in Wonderland syndrome has a…
- Mouse genome All of the genetic information contained in the laboratory mouse (Mus musculus). The genomes of particular…
- Cubital tunnel syndrome A form of mononeuropathy due to compression or other injury of the ulnar nerve at the elbow. Symptoms of the…
- Aplasia Failure to develop. If something develops and then wastes away, that is atrophy.
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- Zhong Wei Chen See: Chen, Zhong Wei
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