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Pronunciation: /schwann* sɛl/

Schwann cell

Definition

A type of glial cell of the peripheral nervous system that helps separate and insulate nerve cells.

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immunophenotyping

VAMP

stage IV adult soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk, arms, and legs

oxygen radical

lobradimil

in vivo

post-traumatic stress disorder

receptor tyrosine kinase

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eflapegrastim

metahexamide

actinium Ac 225-FPI-1434

telaprevir

Orotecan

anti-MART-1 TCR retroviral vector-transduced autologous TIL

autologous anti-GPC3 CAR T cells BOXR1030

Cotara

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melanocytic macules associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

unaffected individual

single nucleotide variant

TNBC

compound heterozygosity

epigenetics

Ashkenazi Jews

insertion

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