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Preferred term

Sulfasalazine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Salazosulfapyridine
  • Salicylazosulfapyridine
  • Sulphasalazine

Scope note

  • A drug that is used in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Its activity is generally considered to lie in its metabolic breakdown product, 5-aminosalicylic acid (see MESALAMINE) released in the colon. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p907)

History note

  • 1995 (1963)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012460

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