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Pronunciation: /ld*/

LD

Definition

Where alleles (DNA markers) occur together more often than can be accounted for by chance because of their physical proximity on a chromosome. Also called linkage disequilibrium.

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bacteria

epoetin alfa

hereditary diffuse gastric cancer

siplizumab

pseudomyxoma peritonei

ependymoma

off-target effect

unilateral

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Coly-Mycin S

anti-nectin-4 antibody-drug conjugate ADRX-0706

autologous GM-CSF-secreting lethally irradiated leukemia cell vaccine

allogeneic CD19/CD20-specific CAR-T cells P-CD19CD20-ALLO1

maltodextrin

Akt inhibitor NTQ1062

R-CVP regimen

autologous dendritic cell/myeloma fusion vaccine

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band

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

RNA splicing

synchronous cancer

genetic heterogeneity

trinucleotide repeat

microsatellite

multigene test

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