Disease-modifying treatment/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Disease-modifying treatment.

Medical treatments intended to halt or reverse the causative mechanism of a disease, rather than providing symptomatic release; they may have potentially more side effects than symptomatic treatment or watchful waiting

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