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Disease, Behcet's
See: Behcet's syndrome
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- Lewis, Edward B (1918-2004) American geneticist and Nobel Laureate who showed how genes control embryonic development. In…
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- Hysterectomy, vaginal Removal of the uterus through a surgical incision, not of the abdomen but, within the vagina. With a vaginal…