nurse practitioner

a registered nurse who has undergone extensive postgraduate training (often in a specialty area, such as internal medicine or pediatrics) and is licensed to perform some of the activities of a physician, including the prescription of medicine. Nurse practitioners generally function under the supervision of physicians but not in their presence.

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December 18th 2024

corticostriatonigral degeneration

see corticobasal ganglionic degeneration.