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- Dandruff A mild skin condition that produces white flakes that may be shed and fall from the hair. Dandruff is due to…
- Septum, interatrial The wall separating the upper chambers (the atria) of the heart. A hole in the interatrial septum is termed…
- EVAR Endovascular aneurysm repair. A procedure to repair an aneurysm of the aorta. In EVAR a stent is placed in…
- CD95 See: FAS gene
- Zoonotic disease Any disease that is spread from animals to people. There are many known zoonotic diseases, some of them very…
- State cancer registry >Monitor cancer trends over time. >Determine cancer patterns in various populations. >Guide planning and…
- Rem In radiation, Roentgen equivalent for man, a roentgen (an international unit of X- or gamma-radiation)…
- Extracellular Outside a cell. As opposed to intracellular, meaning within a cell
- Exemestane An oral antiestrogen. Exemestane inhibits the enzyme aromatase in the adrenal glands that produces the…
- Polyglandular autoimmune syndrome (PGA) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Aceruloplasminemia A genetic disorder in which there is absence of the protein ceruloplasmin from blood and accumulation of iron…