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Pronunciation: /ˈpɔrtəl veɪn/

portal vein

Definition

A blood vessel that carries blood to the liver from the intestines, spleen, pancreas, and gallbladder. Also called hepatic portal vein.

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thoracic surgeon

photocoagulation

prednisolone

fenretinide LXS

mechlorethamine hydrochloride

wild-type KRAS gene

Voltaren gel

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Aziridinylbenzoquinone RH1

therapeutic liver cancer peptide vaccine IMA970A

fluorine F 18-labeled MeFAMP

pegylated liposomal mitoxantrone hydrochloride

oncolytic adenovirus AdAPT-001

mRNA-derived prostate cancer vaccine CV9104

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uninformative result

disease-causing mutation

somatic variant

massively parallel sequencing

frameshift mutation

SNV

presymptomatic testing

negative predictive value

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