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Pronunciation: /acitretin*/

acitretin

Definition

A substance that is used in the prevention of cancer and in the treatment of psoriasis. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids.

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esophagogastroduodenoscopy

paricalcitol

bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine

microfluidic device

stage I esophageal adenocarcinoma

TESA

kelp

stage D esthesioneuroblastoma

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repaglinide

anti-HER3/topoisomerase I inhibitor antibody-drug conjugate DB-1310

LMB-9 immunotoxin

deoxycholic acid

zinc sulfate

EGFR antagonist Hemay022

exemestane

TGFbDNRII-transduced autologous tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes

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insertion

gonadal mosaicism

hypomelanosis

microsatellite instability

germline mutation

hereditary predisposition

sebaceoma

X-linked dominant inheritance

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