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Organic Chemicals > Amines > Aminopyridines > 4-Aminopyridine > Amifampridine
... > Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyridines > Aminopyridines > 4-Aminopyridine > Amifampridine

Preferred term

Amifampridine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 3,4 Diaminopyridine
  • 3,4-Diaminopyridine

Scope note

  • 4-Aminopyridine derivative that acts as a POTASSIUM CHANNEL blocker to increase release of ACETYLCHOLINE from nerve terminals. It is used in the treatment of CONGENITAL MYASTHENIC SYNDROMES.

History note

  • 2019 (1978)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000077770

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