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... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Diterpenes > Vitamin A > Tretinoin > Alitretinoin
... > Biological Factors > Pigments, Biological > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin > Alitretinoin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Terpenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin > Alitretinoin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Acyclic > Alkenes > Polyenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin > Alitretinoin
... > Polycyclic Compounds > Macrocyclic Compounds > Cycloparaffins > Cyclohexanes > Cyclohexenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin > Alitretinoin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Alicyclic > Cycloparaffins > Cyclohexanes > Cyclohexenes > Carotenoids > Retinoids > Vitamin A > Tretinoin > Alitretinoin

Preferred term

Alitretinoin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 9 cis Retinoic Acid
  • 9-cis-Retinoic Acid
  • 9cRA Compound

Scope note

  • A retinoid that is used for the treatment of chronic hand ECZEMA unresponsive to topical CORTICOSTEROIDS. It is also used to treat cutaneous lesions associated with AIDS-related KAPOSI SARCOMA.

History note

  • 2019 (1997)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077556

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