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Strep test, rapid
A diagnostic test commonly used to demonstrate whether streptococcus bacteria ('strep') are present in the throat. A throat infection with strep needs to be treated with an antibiotic. The traditional test for a strep throat has been a…
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- Fari Amini Amini, Fariborz
- Health for All A global health movement undertaken by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the late 20th century. In 1977…
- Acute-phase proteins See: Acute-phase protein
- Indian meal moth See: Meal moth
- Anlage 1. In biology, whatever precedes something else. 2. In embryology, a precursor or forerunner or a more mature…
- PARK2 Familial Parkinson disease type 2
- Schmorl's node An upward and downward protrusion (pushing into) of a spinal disk's soft tissue into the bony tissue of the…
- EYCL3 A gene for brown/blue eye color located on chromosome 15. See also: Eye color
- External fixation A procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by a splint or cast. External…