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Tytuł:
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Biopsy.
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Autorzy:
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Nassar, Victor H., MD
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Temat:
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Biopsy
Cells
Diagnosis
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Źródło:
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Magill’s Medical Guide (Online Edition), 2023. 3p.
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Biopsy is one of the most common diagnostic tools in medicine. Illness or disease can be caused by biological agents (such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites), by physical agents (such as radiation, heat, extreme cold, and trauma), by genetic and metabolic abnormalities (such as diabetes), or by cancer, which is a new, abnormal growth commonly called a tumor. Often, however, the cause of an illness or disease may not be known. Nevertheless, the structural changes caused by the disease are characteristic enough so that the study of these alterations can give a clear picture of the nature and course of the disease. Diseases may primarily affect one organ at a time, such as hepatitis (the inflammation of the liver), or may involve many organ systems at once, as in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
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