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Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
Every prescription written in the United States bears a DEA number, that of the prescribing doctor, the DEA being the Drug Enforcement Administration of the U.S. Department of Justice. Historically, the DEA's roots go back to the founding…
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Show more- Fibrofolliculomas, trichodiscomas and acrochordons See: Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome
- SMAD4/DPC4 See: MADH4
- Allergic rhinitis, seasonal Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) which occurs during a specific season
- NP Nurse practitioner
- Serum The clear liquid that can be separated from clotted blood. Serum differs from plasma, the liquid portion of…
- Lentigo A type of freckle that is a small tan, brown, or black spot which tends to be darker than the usual…
- Sexagenarian Someone in his or her sixties. See also: Age by decade
- Stem cell One of the human body's master cells, with the ability to grow into any one of the body's more than 200 cell…
- Tabun >Runny nose >Watery eyes >Small, pinpoint pupils >Eye pain >Blurred vision >Drooling and excessive sweating…
- Dystrophy, lattice See: Lattice dystrophy
- Lyme disease Lyme disease: Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a 'spirochete.' Lyme disease…
- Delta-storage pool disease See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome