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Protein kinase A regulatory subunit 1-alpha
See: PRKAR1A
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- Map, linkage A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical…
- Chronic bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a defect in the prostate…
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- Yeast syndrome The yeast Candida has been thought to cause a syndrome with a number of nonspecific problems including…
- Reservoir of infection Any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies. The…
- Childbed fever Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called…