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Preferred term

Sympathectomy, Chemical  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chemical Sympathectomies
  • Chemical Sympathectomy
  • Chemical Sympathetic Denervation
  • Chemical Sympathetic Denervations
  • Chemosympathectomies
  • Chemosympathectomy
  • Denervation, Chemical Sympathetic
  • Denervations, Chemical Sympathetic
  • Denervation, Sympathetic, Chemical
  • Sympathectomies, Chemical
  • Sympathetic Denervation, Chemical
  • Sympathetic Denervations, Chemical

Note

  • coordinate with specific chemical with no qualifiers + disease /ther; do not confuse with SYMPATHETIC NERVE BLOCK see AUTONOMIC NERVE BLOCK

Scope note

  • Sympathectomy using chemicals (e.g., 6-hydroxydopamine or guanethidine) which selectively and reversibly destroy adrenergic nerve endings while leaving cholinergic nerve endings intact.

History note

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013563

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