MIF - Medicine

Medicine

  • Macrophage migration inhibitory factor, a protein believed to be involved in immune response.
  • Müllerian inhibiting factor, a hormone that plays a role in the sexual differentiation of humans
  • Merthiolate-Iodine-Formaldehyde-Solution, used in biomedical laboratories for MIF-concentrations of parasites in stool samples

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