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Vitamin B5
Vitamin B5 is pantothenic acid, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely distributed in nature. Pantothenic acid is virtually ubiquitous. It is present in foods as diverse as poultry, soybeans, yogurt, and sweet…
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- BCG An effective immunization against tuberculosis. BCG stands for Bacille Calmette Guerin. BCG is a weakened…
- Nasal-spray flu vaccine See: Nasal flu vaccine
- In situ, carcinoma Cancer that involves only the place in which it began and has not spread. Carcinoma in situ is an early-stage…
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Diverticulum A small bulging sac pushing outward from the colon wall is a diverticulum. As a person ages, pressure within…
- Dip, paraffin A treatment for the symptoms of joint and muscle conditions, such as arthritis, that consists of melted…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Allergy, cow milk Allergy, cow milk: Casein and whey are the two major proteins of human milk and most milk-based formulas…
- Pool, gene The sum total of genes, with all their variations, possessed by a particular species at a particular time…
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- Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis >Small size and weight before and after birth (pre- and postnatal growth retardation); >Brain involvement…