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Psoralen photochemotherapy
See: PUVA
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Show more- Medication, clot-dissolving See: Thrombolytic agent
- Virus, JC JC virus
- Chronic arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Amygdaloid body See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Antean Exceptionally strong or large. A multi-vitamin pill may, for example, be of Antean proportions. After…
- Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) A rare but dramatic genetic disorder that turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone, threatening to…
- Branched-chain ketoaciduria See: Maple syrup urine disease
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute The largest private source of medical research funds in the United States. The Institute is one of the…
- Pontiac fever A flu-like illness caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophila contracted by breathing mist that comes…
- Melanoma, uveal See: Intraocular melanoma
- Immunity, passive See: Passive immunity
- Acoustic neurofibromatosis See: Neurofibromatosis type 2