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Transplantation, peripheral blood stem cell
A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's blood and used in bone marrow transplantation. Stem cells are small, round cells with a squat nucleus and scant surrounding cytoplasm. Although unremarkable in appearance…
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Show more- Enzyme, restriction An enzyme from bacteria that can recognize specific base sequences in DNA and cut the DNA at that site (the…
- Xenograft A surgical graft of tissue from one species to an unlike species (or genus or family). A graft from a baboon…
- Kikuchi disease A disorder that typically causes 'swollen glands' in the neck (cervical lymphadenopathy) together with fever…
- Genome, rice The first commercially important plant to have its genome sequenced. This feat, completed early in 2001, is…
- Sanfilippo syndrome The most common disorder of mucopolysaccharide metabolism, a syndrome in which the onset of clinical…
- Facial nerve The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It is a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming…
- RLQ Abbreviation for the right lower quadrant (quarter) of the abdomen. The RLQ of the abdomen contains the…
- Induced disease by proxy See: Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Albuginea Tough white fibrous tissue. The tunica albuginea of the testis, for example, is the layer of dense whitish…
- IGT The Indian Health Service, a part of the US Public Health Service within the US Department of Health and…
- Hematoma, nasal septum See: Nasal septum hematoma
- Arch, zygomatic The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic bone is also known as the zygoma, the…