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TERMINOLOGY - V

• Vinca Alkaloid
• VRE
• Veno-occlusive Disease

 

Vinca Alkaloid
Anti cancer drugs, such as vincristine and cinblastine, originally derived from a member of the Periwinkle (Vinca) plant family - hence the Periwinkle flower as the logo for the Lymphoma Association!

Vancomycin-resistant enterobacteria or VRE
Intestinal bacteria that are no longer killed by one of the strongest antibiotics, Vancomycin.

Veno-occlusive disease
The closure of veins in the liver following high-dose therapy that may or may not accompany transplantation.

 

 

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