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Chronic myelogenous leukemia, juvenile
See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
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- National Institute on Deafness and Other Commun. Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission…
- Intervening sequence Part of a gene that is initially transcribed from the DNA into the primary RNA transcript but then is excised…
- Travel-related disease A disease to which travelers are susceptible specifically because of their travel. Travel-related diseases…
- Value, Daily See Daily Value
- Cancer causes A greater-than-expected number of cancer cases that occurs within a group of people in a geographic area over…
- Morton foot See: Morton' neuroma
- Microduplication The gain of a tiny piece of a chromosome, a piece so small its presence is not apparent on ordinary…
- XRT Medical abbreviation for radiotherapy
- Carotid Pertaining to the carotid artery and the area near that key artery located in the front of the neck though…
- Endorectal MRI An MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) done from inside the rectum. To do such as MRI, a surface coil within an…
- Carcinoma of the tongue See: Tongue cancer