procarbazine hydrochloride
The hydrochloride salt of a methylhydrazine derivative with antineoplastic and mutagenic activities.
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One word covering an enormous range of skin eruptions, which is why clinicians describe the shape, spread and feel instead.
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Whether something has come back or merely resurfaced depends on whether it ever truly left, which the word alone does not settle.
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Stiffness that is worst on waking and eases with movement is the pattern separating it from ordinary wear on a joint.
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Stripping out B cells treats both a cancer of those cells and diseases in which the same cells drive an attack on the body.
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Because CD20 is absent from stem cells and from antibody-producing plasma cells, the B cell population rebuilds and existing immunity is largely kept.
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A conclusion reached only by ruling everything else out, which is why the investigation is so thorough and so painful.
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SLE is the abbreviation for systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues.
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Somatic refers to the physical body, distinguishing bodily structures and symptoms from mental, emotional, or reproductive-cell processes.
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A ring of muscle whose resting state is closed, opening only when the body signals that something should pass.
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A slow-growing growth in the front of the chest, often discovered because of unrelated muscle weakness.
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One name covering several unrelated illnesses, united only by an inflamed thyroid and by hormone levels that often swing before settling.
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TPO most often names thrombopoietin, the hormone driving platelet production, though the same abbreviation also names an unrelated thyroid enzyme.
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An inherited disorder marked by rapid aging that begins in early adolescence.
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One faulty protein leaves blood cells unable to change shape, and three unrelated-looking problems follow from that single defect.
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WS is an inherited disorder that produces signs of accelerated aging beginning in early adulthood, arising from a gene mutation affecting DNA repair.
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Xerostomia is persistent dry mouth from reduced saliva, commonly caused by medications, radiation therapy, or an underlying gland disorder.
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