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JAMA
The Journal of the American Medical Association. JAMA began publication in 1883. It now bills itself as 'the world's best-read medical journal'. However one defines 'best-read', JAMA clearly ranks as one of the two leading general medical…
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- Pain, shoulder See: Shoulder pain
- Ultraviolet C One of the three types of invisible light rays (together with ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B) given off by…
- BRCA1 A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells in the breast but which, when mutated, predisposes…
- Alice Stewart See: Stewart, Alice
- FAS See: Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis.
- AML1 Acute myeloid leukemia 1 gene. See: Runx-1
- Entamoeba histolytica The agent of amebic dysentery, a disorder with inflammation of the intestine and ulceration of the colon…
- Roapies Street term for Rohypnol
- Borborygmi Rumbling sounds caused by gas moving through the intestines (stomach 'growling'). Pronounced BOR-boh-RIG-mee…
- Mercaptopurine A drug that acts as an antimetabolite, interfering with the metabolism of purine bases and inhibiting the…
- Cancer, oat cell See: Oat cell cancer