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Neuron-specific enolase (NSE)
Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely: neuroblastoma, small cell lung cancer, medullary thyroid cancer, carcinoid tumors, pancreatic endocrine tumors, and melanoma…
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- Superficial spreading melanoma See: Melanoma, superficial spreading
- Durable power of attorney This is a type of advance medical directive in which legal documents provide the power of attorney to another…
- Basophilic leukocyte See: Basophil
- NIAMS Stands for National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one of the National…
- Mandible The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal…
- Eye, small Also called microphthalmia, an abnormally small eye, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe…
- Tympanum In anatomy, the drum of the ear, the eardrum, the tympanic membrane. The tympanum resembles the head of a…
- Olivary Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain
- Physician assisted suicide See: Physician-assisted suicide
- Iris, speckled Due to little white (or lightly colored) spots that are slightly elevated on the surface of the iris. These…
- Transformation, genetic A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of…