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Pronunciation: /luˈkimiə/

leukemia

Definition

Cancer that starts in blood-forming tissue, such as the bone marrow, and causes large numbers of abnormal blood cells to be produced and enter the bloodstream.

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plasma cell myeloma

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dose-dependent

stage IIA intraocular melanoma of the ciliary body and choroid

scattered fibroglandular breast tissue

mifamurtide

motor

Traditional Chinese Medicine

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CD24 extracellular domain-IgG1 Fc domain recombinant fusion protein CD24Fc

anti-CD37 bispecific monoclonal antibody GEN3009

Ifex

pudexacianinium

autologous anti-CD19CAR-4-1BB/CD3zeta-HER2tG-expressing CD4+/CD8+ T lymphocytes SCRI-huCAR19v2

ivaltinostat

nezutatug

anti-EGFRvIII/CD3 bispecific antibody RO7428731

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unaffected individual

SDR

allele

genetic anticipation

double heterozygosity

base pair

translation

splice-site mutation

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