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Pronunciation: /tracheostomy*/

tracheostomy

Definition

Surgery to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe. The opening itself may also be called a tracheostomy.

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PI

consent form

Kepivance

tracheobronchial tumor

stage II gallbladder cancer

total mastectomy

Brooke-Spiegler syndrome

acetate

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sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase inhibitor RX108

autologous anti-EGFR/anti-IL13Ralpha2 CAR T cells

monoclonal antibody DR-01

prednisone

PLK1 inhibitor TAK-960

autologous orthogonal IL-2Rbeta-expressing anti-CD19 CAR T cells SYNCAR-001

PI3K delta inhibitor SHC014748M

OSI-7904L

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germline variant

autosomal recessive inheritance

novel variant

constitutional DNA

gene

GWAS

MSI

informative

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