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Brown, Michael Stuart
American physician, biochemist and molecular geneticist (1941-) who shared the Nobel Prize for research on cholesterol. Brown earned his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962, and received his M.D. in 1966. After an internship…
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- Alzheimer disease, early-onset familial Alzheimer disease that runs in families and strikes at an unusually early age (with its onset under the age…
- Maimonides' prayer R of a Physician: A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses…
- Angiography A procedure performed to view blood vessels after injecting them with a radioopaque dye that outlines them on…
- Heberden disease >Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the…
- Membrane A very thin layer of tissue that covers a surface.
- Osteopath An osteopathic physician who is a Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.). In most US states, osteopaths must complete a…
- In vitro fertilization In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
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