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thoracotomy

Definition

An operation to open the chest.

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surrogate pregnancy

plaque

therapeutic angiotensin-(1-7)

antisense oligonucleotide therapy

economic burden

conventional mammography

gestational carrier

intestinal flora

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Tricor

CD-expressing bifidobacterium APS001F

boditrectinib

grape seed extract supplement

CD19x22 bicistronic CAR T cells

anti-programmed cell death protein 1 antibody expressing pluripotent killer T lymphocytes

pyruvate kinase M2 isoform activator TP-1454

FGFR4 inhibitor H3B-6527

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germline mutation

genetic marker

multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification

uninformative result

biallelic

clinical validity

proband

predisposing mutation

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