Educational Case: Partial D Phenotype and Role of RhoGAM

Maryam Asif1, Fatima Aldarweesh1

  • 1University of Chicago, IL, USA.

Academic Pathology
|July 17, 2020
PubMed
Summary

This fictional case study serves as a learning tool for medical education in pathology. It aligns with national standards for teaching disease mechanisms, organ system pathology, and diagnostic medicine.

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