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Chemotherapy, topical
Chemotherapy, topical: Treatment with an anticancer drug in a lotion, ointment or cream that is applied to the skin
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- Landry ascending paralysis A particularly virulent form of Guillain-Barre syndrome. The disorder often begins with a flu-like illness…
- Corneal dystrophy, microcystic A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows dots (or microcysts)…
- Syndrome, DiGeorge See: DiGeorge syndrome
- Cancer, male breast See: Breast cancer, male
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- STI Abbreviation for: 1. Sexually transmitted infection. 2. Soft tissue infection. 3. Systolic time interval
- DM1 Type 1 myotonic dystrophy. See: Myotonic dystrophy