Jaundice
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| Jaundice | |
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| Term | Jaundice |
| Short definition | Jakafi (JA-kah-fy) A drug used to treat adults with certain types of primary myelofibrosis (MF), post-polycythemia vera MF, post-essential thrombocythemia MF, or polycythemia vera, and adults and Children 12 years and older with acute or chronic graft-versus-host disease. It is also being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
jaundice - (pronounced) (JAWN-dis) A condition in which the skin and whites of the eyes turn yellow, the urine turns darker, and the color of the stool turns lighter than normal. Jaundice occurs when the liver is not working properly or when a bile duct is blocked
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- Wikipedia's article - Jaundice
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