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Pronunciation: /rəˈfræktəri/

refractory

Definition

In medicine, describes a disease or condition that does not respond to treatment.

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thoracic surgeon

missense mutation

enveloped virus

XP

anti-VEGFR-2 fully human monoclonal antibody IMC-1121B

dabrafenib mesylate

terminal cancer

cervical cancer

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anti-EGFRvIII/CD3 bispecific antibody RO7428731

pinaverium bromide

anti-CD22-CAR m971-BBz lentiviral vector-transduced autologous T lymphocytes CRG-022

atrasentan hydrochloride

anti-SIRPa monoclonal antibody BI 770371

fluorine F 18-azafol

yttrium Y 90-edotreotide

resiniferatoxin

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onychodystrophy

hemizygous

somatic variant

PRS

cascade testing

point mutation

mutation analysis

screening

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