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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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Carney-Stratakis dyad

Abecma

hospice center

NDGA

CIN 1

IL-7

occult primary tumor

stage 0 nonmelanoma skin carcinoma in situ on the head and neck (not on the eyelid)

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FLT3 inhibitor XY0206

Bactrim DS

MAGE-A1, MAGE-A3, NY-ESO-1 peptides vaccine

Epstein-Barr virus gp350-ferritin nanoparticle vaccine with saponin-based adjuvant

IgM-enriched immunoglobulins

recombinant interferon alfa-2a

alanylglutamine

tinzaparin sodium

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cascade screening

aneuploidy

X-linked recessive inheritance

negative predictive value

pathogenic variant

first-degree relative

NGS

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

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