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Preferred term

Atrial Natriuretic Factor  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • ANF
  • ANP
  • Atrial Natriuretic Peptide
  • Atrial Natriuretic Peptides
  • Atriopeptins
  • Auriculin
  • Natriuretic Peptide, Atrial
  • Natriuretic Peptides, Atrial
  • Peptide, Atrial Natriuretic
  • Peptides, Atrial Natriuretic

Scope note

  • A potent natriuretic and vasodilatory peptide or mixture of different-sized low molecular weight PEPTIDES derived from a common precursor and secreted mainly by the HEART ATRIUM. All these peptides share a sequence of about 20 AMINO ACIDS.

History note

  • 1992, use NATRIURETIC PEPTIDES, ATRIAL 1986-1991; use ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (NM) for ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (99-126) 1987-2003; use ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (NM) for ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (1-28) 1992-2003; use ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (NM) for CARDIONATRIN IV 1986-2003; use ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (NM) for ATRIOPEPTIGEN 1985-2003; use ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR (NM) for ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR PRECURSORS 1985-2003

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • ANF
  • ANP
  • atrial natriuretic factor
  • atrial natriuretic peptide
  • atriopeptidi
  • eteisen natriureettinen tekijä
  • N-peptidi
  • natriureettinen peptidi
  • sydänperäinen natriureettinen hormoni
  • Swedish

  • Alfa-atriell natriuretisk peptid
  • ANF
  • Atriell natriuretisk faktor
  • Atriella natriuretiska peptider

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009320

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