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Pronunciation: /əˈkjut luˈkimiə/

acute leukemia

Definition

A rapidly progressing cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of white blood cells to be produced and enter the blood stream.

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capillary leak syndrome

computational biology

relative odds

digestive system

stage 0 salivary gland carcinoma in situ

onset of action

pneumonitis

hyperpigmentation

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astatine At 211 anti-CD45 monoclonal antibody BC8-B10

modotuximab

autologous HER2-specific/EGFRt-expressing CD4/CD8-positive CAR T cells

carbomer/polycarbophil-based vaginal gel

Aurora kinase/FLT3 inhibitor EP0042

BRAFV600/PI3K inhibitor ASN003

autologous genetically-modified MAGE-A4 C1032 CD8alpha T cells

HLA-A*2402-restricted URLC10-CDCA1-VEGFR1-VEGFR2 multipeptide vaccine

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domain

germline variant

logarithm of the odds score

congenital

carrier rate

chromosomal instability

informative

fluorescence in situ hybridization

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