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Pronunciation: /acitretin*/

acitretin

Definition

A substance that is used in the prevention of cancer and in the treatment of psoriasis. It belongs to the family of drugs called retinoids.

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peritoneal washing

lemon

Edwards syndrome

parathyroid gland

hyperuricemia

stage III ovarian epithelial, fallopian tube, and primary peritoneal cancer

secretin stimulation test

lymph node biopsy

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nadolol

autologous CD133-positive BTSC mRNA-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

autologous BAFFR-targeting CAR T cells

tucidinostat

autologous CD8-positive PBL sensitized to Drosophila cell-presented melanoma peptides

insulin, NPH

gp100:209-217(210M) peptide vaccine

CHK1 inhibitor PF-477736

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pathogenic variant

positive predictive value

noncarrier

nonsense variant

acrochordon

cascade testing

frameshift variant

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