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... result of the processes of weathering , erosion , and sedimentation ; ( 3 ) metamorphic , in which new minerals form at the expense of earlier ones owing to the effects of changing - usually increasing - temperature or pressure or both ...
... result of the processes of weathering , erosion , and sedimentation ; ( 3 ) metamorphic , in which new minerals form at the expense of earlier ones owing to the effects of changing - usually increasing - temperature or pressure or both ...
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... result , abnormal amounts of glycogen are stored in the muscles and other organs . The best - known type clinically affecting muscles McArdle's is McArdle's disease , in which the muscles are unable disease to degrade glycogen to lactic ...
... result , abnormal amounts of glycogen are stored in the muscles and other organs . The best - known type clinically affecting muscles McArdle's is McArdle's disease , in which the muscles are unable disease to degrade glycogen to lactic ...
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... result from the invasion of the muscles . Most persons recover after about two months , but death can result from invasion of the heart muscle . The autoimmune diseases of muscle , grouped together under the term polymyositis ...
... result from the invasion of the muscles . Most persons recover after about two months , but death can result from invasion of the heart muscle . The autoimmune diseases of muscle , grouped together under the term polymyositis ...
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