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Pronunciation: /əˈkjut/

acute

Definition

Symptoms or signs that begin and worsen quickly; not chronic.

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adrenal gland

intraperitoneal

CDDO

Golgi complex

technetium Tc 99m-sulfur colloid

MR

PHA-739358

CLD

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mesothelin/CD3e tri-specific T-cell activating construct HPN536

iron

folate receptor-targeted epothilone BMS753493

haploidentical natural killer cells K-NK002

ravoxertinib

CD133 antigen peptide-pulsed autologous dendritic cell vaccine

DLK1/ EPHA2/HBB/NRP1/RGS5/TEM1 peptide-pulsed alpha-type-1 polarized dendritic cell vaccine

PRMT5 inhibitor SH3765

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cosegregation

predisposing mutation

autosomal recessive inheritance

Sanger sequencing

cascade screening

informed consent

reduced penetrance

whole exome sequencing

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