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nerve growth factor

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Pronunciation: /nərv groʊθ ˈfæktər/

nerve growth factor

Definition

A protein made by the body that causes certain nerve cells to grow and helps keep them alive.

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CD80

metabolism

PEG-Intron

vaginal atrophy

intraductal prostate carcinoma

Zolinza

neuroblastoma

dapsone

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allogeneic anti-CD19 universal CAR-T cells CTA101

anti-mucin-1/PE immunoconjugate BM7PE

MEK inhibitor RO4987655

Nicotrol NS

Silvadene

survivin/p53/HER2 antigen-loaded autologous dendritic cell vaccine

allogeneic GM-CSF-secreting breast cancer vaccine SV-BR-1-GM

Iscar

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microsatellite

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

insertion

logarithm of the odds score

cutaneous leiomyoma

heritability

mode of inheritance

WGS

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