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TURP

Definition

Surgery to remove tissue from the prostate using an instrument inserted through the urethra. Also called transurethral resection of the prostate.

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karyotyping

hematoxylin and eosin staining

flow chart

somatostatin receptor scintigraphy

alcoholic fatty liver disease

antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

ceremony

exenteration

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anti-claudin18.2/anti-CD47 bispecific antibody PT886

allogeneic renal cell carcinoma vaccine MGN1601

copper Cu 64 FAP-2286

allogeneic glial progenitor cells

Jardiance

prilocaine hydrochloride

adenovirus encoding rat Her-2/neu

esmolol

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PCR

Southern blot

heterogeneity logarithm of the odds score

tumor DNA sequencing

inherited predisposition

noncarrier

new mutation

LOH

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