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Pronunciation: /pləˈsiboʊ kənˈtroʊld/

placebo-controlled

Definition

Refers to a clinical study in which the control patients receive a placebo.

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fibrous

vasomotor

herd immunity

St. Benedict’s thistle

Alteplase

medullary breast carcinoma

red elm

YM598

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autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes GT101

anti-p53 T-cell receptor-transduced peripheral blood lymphocytes

Gleolan

SHP2 inhibitor JAB-3068

iodine I 131 chimeric monoclonal antibody G-250

multi-epitope anti-folate receptor peptide vaccine TPIV 200

autologous iC9-GD2-CAR-expressing VZV-specific T lymphocytes

encochleated amphotericin B

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proband

kindred

linkage disequilibrium

epigenetic variant

missense mutation

nonsense mutation

microsatellite instability

sumLOD score

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