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SERCA stands for:

Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Aptase (involved in sequestration of calcium for later release)

Acronyms, Preventive medicine »

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TCID 50 – Acronym

Tissue culture vials

TCID 50 stands for:

Tissue Culture Infective Dose – 50% / Median Tissue Culture Infective Dose

The quantity of a pathogen that will induce pathogenic change in 50% of tissue cultures inoculated.  Expressed as TCID50/ml.

Acronyms, Preventive medicine »

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WMF stands for:

Wastage multiplication factor (an index of wastage of vaccines during vaccination programs)

Acronyms, Medicine »

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eGFR stands for:

estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate

Acronyms, Obstetrics »

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MTP stands for:

Medical Termination of Pregnancy

Acronyms, Biochemistry »

[30 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

FIGLU stands for:

Formiminoglutamic acid

Acronyms, Medicine »

[30 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

CFRD stands for:

Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes

Acronyms, Medicine »

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MGUS stands for:

Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance

Acronyms, Medicine »

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TRALI stands for:

Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury

Acronyms, Ophthalmology »

[13 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

VDTS stands for:

Visual Display Terminal Syndrome