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WGS

Definition

A laboratory process that is used to determine nearly all of the approximately 3 billion nucleotides of an individual’s complete DNA sequence, including non-coding sequence. Also called whole genome sequencing.

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vacuum aspiration

bladder cancer

irreversible enzyme inhibitor

esthesioneuroblastoma

antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity

light-emitting diode therapy

bone mineral density scan

serous membrane

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allogeneic skin-derived ABCB5-positive MSCs allo-APZ2-OTS

Votubia

fluorine F 18-Al-NOTA-octreotide

18F-labeled mini-PEG spacered RGD dimer

partially HLA-matched AdV/CMV/EBV-specific allogeneic T lymphocytes

anti-mesothelin-Pseudomonas exotoxin 24 cytolytic fusion protein LMB-100

lutetium Lu-177 PNT2002

anti-CD228/MMAE antibody-drug conjugate SGN-CD228A

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point variant

multigene panel test

congenital

PRS

SNP

aneuploidy

splice-site mutation

biallelic

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