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allelic heterogeneity

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Pronunciation: /əˈlɛlɪk ˌhɛtərəʤɪˈniəti/

allelic heterogeneity

Definition

The presence of different variants at a single gene locus that cause the same or similar phenotypic expressions of a disease or condition.

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cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma

pleural effusion

adverse effect

stage IV mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome

genome-wide association study

vaginal cancer

Whitmore-Jewett staging system

VeIP regimen

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autologous tumor cells/bacillus Calmette-Guérin/formalin-based vaccine

carbon C 11 erlotinib hydrochloride

aviscumine

autologous dendritic cells transduced with wild-type p53 adenovirus vaccine

rilotumumab

anti-CTLA-4 monoclonal antibody XTX101

Stakel

technetium Tc 99m anti-HER2 affibody HPArk2

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genetic predisposition

congenital

deoxyribonucleic acid

WGS

inversion

genotyping

ER-negative PR-negative HER2/neu-negative breast cancer

carrier rate

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