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relapse

[ri-laps, ri-laps, ree-laps] / rɪˈlæps, rɪˈlæps, ˈri læps /




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Now, after 33 months of follow-up, none of the patients have experienced a relapse.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Around 6.7 million people in the U.S. and 160 million worldwide develop the condition in their lifetime, but current therapies for alopecia have high relapse rates, Nektar said.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Roche’s fenebrutinib achieved a reduction in the annualized relapse rate as good as that of the standard of care, Novartis’s Kesimpta, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

"I was meant to return to Leicester but they didn't want me back in because they didn't want a relapse on their books. So I trained alone for a week and then went into Charlton."

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

A lengthy prison term may increase the odds that re-entry will be extremely difficult, leading to relapse, and re-imprisonment.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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