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  2. Rh blood group system - Wikipedia

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    Thus, notwithstanding it is a misnomer, the term survives (e.g., rhesus blood group system and the obsolete terms rhesus factor, rhesus positive, and rhesus negative – all three of which actually refer specifically and only to the Rh D factor and are thus misleading when unmodified). Contemporary practice is to use "Rh" as a term of art ...

  3. For non-EATL cancers it is thought the mineralemias such as zinc and selenium may play a role in increasing risk. [19] GSE associated cancers are invariably associated with advanced coeliac disease, however, in de-novo EATL, the cancer is frequently detected in advance of the coeliac diagnosis, also EATL is the most common neoplasm. [7]

  4. Chromosome 6 - Wikipedia

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    TCF19: transcription factor 19 (6p21.33) TCP11: t-complex 11 (6p21.31) TJAP1: tight junction associated protein 1 (6p21.1) TP53COR1 encoding protein Tumor protein p53 pathway corepressor 1 (non-protein coding) TMEM151B: encoding protein Transmembrane protein 151B; TNXB: tenascin XB (6p21.3) TRAM2: translocation associated membrane protein 2 ...

  5. Immune system - Wikipedia

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    If a pathogen breaches these barriers, the innate immune system provides an immediate, but non-specific response. Innate immune systems are found in all animals . [ 2 ] If pathogens successfully evade the innate response, vertebrates possess a second layer of protection, the adaptive immune system , which is activated by the innate response. [ 3 ]

  6. Cachexia - Wikipedia

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    In people with cancer, cachexia is diagnosed from unintended weight loss of more than 5%. For cancer patients with a body mass index of less than 20 kg/m 2, cachexia is diagnosed after the unintended weight loss of more than 2%. [13] Additionally, it can be diagnosed through sarcopenia, or loss of skeletal muscle mass. [13]

  7. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug - Wikipedia

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    COX-2 is an enzyme facultatively expressed in inflammation, and it is inhibition of COX-2 that produces the desirable effects of NSAIDs. [125] When nonselective COX-1/COX-2 inhibitors (such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen) lower stomach prostaglandin levels, ulcers of the stomach or duodenum and internal bleeding can result. [126]

  8. Disability - Wikipedia

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    7.2 Canada. 7.3 Australia. 7.4 United ... non-normal, and normalcy, came from ... Other underlying factors for job loss include structural factors and worker ...

  9. Fibromyalgia - Wikipedia

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    [11] [124] Other medical illnesses that should be ruled out are endocrine disease or metabolic disorder (hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, acromegaly, vitamin D deficiency), gastro-intestinal disease (celiac and non-celiac gluten sensitivity), infectious diseases (Lyme disease, hepatitis C and immunodeficiency disease) and the early stages ...