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Blood Urea Nitrogen Measurement
Definition 1
A quantitative measurement of the amount of urea nitrogen present in a serum sample. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A measurement of the urea nitrogen in a blood specimen. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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