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ERCP
ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
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- Hoarseness Hoarseness: Hoarseness is a term referring to abnormal voice changes. Hoarseness may be manifested as a voice…
- MRD Minimal residual disease, evidence for the presence of residual malignant cells, even when so few cancer…
- Epicardium The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of…
- Cancer, malignant melanoma A skin cancer that begins in cells called melanocytes that can grow together to form benign (not cancerous)…
- Abortion In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and…
- Diabetic retinopathy A common complication of diabetes affecting the blood vessels in the retina (the thin light-sensitive…