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nerve growth factor

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Pronunciation: /nərv groʊθ ˈfæktər/

nerve growth factor

Definition

A protein made by the body that causes certain nerve cells to grow and helps keep them alive.

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thrombopoietin

Glucophage

traditional surrogate

extraskeletal mesenchymal chondrosarcoma

CgA

ERCC2 gene

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

topical

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Dysport

sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose

Suprep®

Lactobacillus plantarum strain 299

voruciclib

KeraStat

CD19-targeted CAR T2 cells

HER2 ECD+TM virus-like replicon particles vaccine AVX901

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DNA

null allele

germline mosaicism

linkage

clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential

single nucleotide variant

tumor suppressor gene

autosomal

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