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Allergic rhinitis, seasonal
Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) which occurs during a specific season
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- Medical Research Council Although little known to the general public, the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) is a key resource…
- Gain-of-function mutation A mutation that confers new or enhanced activity on a protein. Loss-of-function mutations, which are more…
- Cerebral vascular See: Cerebrovascular
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi…
- Placenta praevia A placenta implanted near the outlet of the uterus, so that at the time of delivery the placenta precedes the…
- HT1A See: 5-HT1A
- Circulation The movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the noun 'circulation' does not necessarily…
- Reproductive cells The eggs and sperm are the reproductive cells. Each mature reproductive cell is haploid in that it has a…
- Wagner's syndrome See: Stickler syndrome