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IFA
Indirect immunofluorescence assay
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- PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurologic disorder of unknown origin that gradually destroys cells in many…
- Mapping Charting the location of genes on chromosomes.
- Uterine rupture A tear of the uterus, an uncommon but very serious situation that may result in hysterectomy, urologic…
- PAPPA Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A
- PAS 1. Physician-assisted suicide. 2. Personal alert system (an alarm system for an elderly or infirm person). 3…
- Yttrium Y 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan An anticancer drug that is a combination of the radioisotope yttrium-90 and a monoclonal antibody, a produced…
- Therapy, behavior A treatment program that involves substituting desirable behavior responses for undesirable ones
- Locoregional metastasis Metastasis (spread) of a cancer only within the region in which it arose. In contrast to systemic metastasis
- Medigap Health insurance in the US that is intended to supplement Medicare benefits and presumably to fill the gaps…
- Homozygote A person who has two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. For example, a…
- Olivo- Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain