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Therapeutics > Drug Therapy > Chelation Therapy

Preferred term

Chelation Therapy  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Chelation Therapies
  • Therapies, Chelation
  • Therapy, Chelation

Note

  • coord IM with specific chelating agent /ther use (IM) + metal being chelated with no qualif

Scope note

  • Therapy of heavy metal poisoning using agents which sequester the metal from organs or tissues and bind it firmly within the ring structure of a new compound which can be eliminated from the body.

History note

  • 90

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D015913

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