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Collagen, type IV, alpha 5
See: COL4A5
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- Error, type I : Error, alpha
- Virus, JC JC virus
- Cytometry, flow Analysis of biological material by detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells or…
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug: A type of drug commonly prescribed for the treatment of inflammation of…
- JPC Juvenile polyposis coli. See: Juvenile polyposis
- EGF Epidermal growth factor. A polypeptide (small protein) that is a powerful mitogen. (It stimulates cells to…
- Monaural Relating to one ear. Hearing aids may be monaural (for one ear) or binaural (for both ears). From monos…
- VHL Von Hippel-Lindau. See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Blood in the eye Medically known as a subconjunctival hemorrhage. A very common cause of a painless bloody eye usually first…
- Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase activating protein ALOX5AP. See: FLAP
- Disease, sleeping See: Sleeping disease