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Therapeutics > Sorption Detoxification

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Sorption Detoxification  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Detoxication, Sorption
  • Detoxications, Sorption
  • Sorption Detoxication
  • Sorption Detoxications

Scope note

  • Elimination of toxic or biologically active substances from body fluids by interaction with a sorbent medium. The types of media include absorbents, adsorbents, ion-exchange materials, and complexing agents. Detoxification can be extracorporeal (hemodialysis, hemofiltration, hemoperfusion, plasmapheresis), or occur inside the body (enterosorption, peritoneal dialysis).

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016060

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