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Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
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- Injury, scooter See: Scooter injury
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- In situ, carcinoma Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an early-stage…