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Pronunciation: /allopurinol*/

allopurinol

Definition

A drug that lowers high levels of uric acid (a byproduct of metabolism) in the blood caused by some cancer treatments.

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frankincense tree

control group

schizophrenia

glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

upper gastrointestinal series

9-cis retinoic acid

POLH gene

CAT scan

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4SCAR-GD2-modified T-lymphocytes

anti-CD352 antibody-drug conjugate SGN-CD352A

ASK1 inhibitor GS-4997

DNR-expressing nasopharyngeal carcinoma-specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes

Arzerra

Autologous Anti-LGR5 CAR-T Cells CNA3103

sodium selenite

Mitopure

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loss of heterozygosity

LOD score

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

single nucleotide polymorphism

negative predictive value

MSI

poikiloderma

germline variant

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