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- Colorectal adenomatous polyposis, recessive Autosomal recessive form of colorectal adenomatous polyposis, See: MYH
- Ricketts, Howard T. American pathologist and pioneering infectious disease expert (1871-1910) who was the first to establish the…
- Steroid A general class of chemical substances that are structurally related to one another and share the same…
- Disease, mad deer See Chronic wasting disease
- Anteroposterior From front to back. When a chest x-ray is taken with the back against the film plate and the x-ray machine in…
- Hematology-oncology The diagnosis, treatment and prevention of blood diseases (hematology) and cancer (oncology) and research…
- Saami health See: Artic health
- Alpha-galactosidase A deficiency See: Fabry disease
- Hypopigmented Underpigmented.
- Bariatric physician A physician practicing bariatrics, the field of medicine concerned with weight loss. Also called a…
- Pain, knee Causes of knee pain include injury, degeneration, arthritis, infrequently infection and rarely bone tumors.