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Livedo reticularis
A mottled purplish discoloration of the skin. Livedo reticularis can be a normal condition that is simply more obvious when a person is exposed to the cold. Livedo reticularis can also be an indicator of impaired circulation. Livedo…
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- Mortality rate, maternal The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number…
- Tomography The process for generating a tomogram, a two-dimensional image of a slice or section through a…
- Sequence, conserved A base sequence in a DNA molecule (or an amino acid sequence in a protein) that has remained essentially…
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- Imprinting, genomic The phenomenon of parent-of-origin gene expression. The expression of a gene depends upon the parent who…
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