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Preferred term

Prednisone  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dehydrocortisone
  • delta-Cortisone

Note

  • note entry term DECORTIN: DECORTIN (DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE) see DESOXYCORTICOSTERONE is also available

Scope note

  • A synthetic anti-inflammatory glucocorticoid derived from CORTISONE. It is biologically inert and converted to PREDNISOLONE in the liver.

History note

  • /adv eff-pois-tox was PREDNISONE TOXICOLOGY 1963-65; /ther use was PREDNISONE, THERAPEUTIC 1965

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011241

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