A 22-year-old man notes painless enlargement of his right testis. An elevated serum concentation of which of the following is suggestive of non seminoma germ cell tumor?
A. Human chorionic gonadotropin
B. Prolactin
C. IgA
D. Testosterone
E. Methymanonic acid
Answer: A. Human chorionic gonadotropin
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Fungi that grow into large, fuzzy, multicelled organisms that produce spores are called ________.
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Josie is a full term newborn infant who weighed approximately 3000 grams when she was born. She is 19 inches in length
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