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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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immune checkpoint protein

ZD0473

LVB

lobular capillary hemangioma

Zoloft

gastric acid

ESA

arteriogram

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anti-CD7 CAR-T cells RD13-02

anti-minor histocompatibility complex donor T lymphocytes

gavocabtagene autoleucel

virgin coconut oil mouth rinse

Testostroval-PA

anti-CD38 scFv/Anti-DOTA scFv fusion protein CD38-SADA

Geopen

autologous tumor cell proteoliposome chronic lymphocytic leukemia vaccine

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autosomal dominant inheritance

ART

linkage analysis

hereditary cancer syndrome

WES

SDR

sumLOD score

hypomelanosis

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