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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Oligopeptides > Vasopressins > Lypressin > Terlipressin
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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Physiological Effects of Drugs > Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists > Hormones > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Posterior > Vasopressins > Lypressin > Terlipressin
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Peptide Hormones > Pituitary Hormones > Pituitary Hormones, Posterior > Vasopressins > Lypressin > Terlipressin

Preferred term

Terlipressin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Glipressin
  • Glycylpressin
  • Glypressin
  • Terlypressin
  • TGLVP
  • Triglycyl Lysine Vasopressin
  • Triglycylvasopressin

Scope note

  • An inactive peptide prodrug that is slowly converted in the body to lypressin. It is used to control bleeding of ESOPHAGEAL VARICES and for the treatment of HEPATORENAL SYNDROME.

History note

  • 2019 (1976)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077585

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