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Descriptor English: Valganciclovir
Descriptor Spanish: Valganciclovir
Descriptor valganciclovir
Entry term(s) Valcyt
hidrocloruro de valganciclovir
valcyte
éster L valílico del ganciclovir
éster L-valílico del ganciclovir
Scope note: Profármaco del ganciclovir de acción antivírica que se usa para tratar la RETINITIS POR CITOMEGALOVIRUS en pacientes con SIDA y para la prevención de las INFECCIONES POR CITOMEGALOVIRUS en receptores de trasplantes de órganos que han recibido un órgano de un donante con seropositividad para el CMV.
Descriptor Portuguese: Valganciclovir
Descriptor French: Valganciclovir
Entry term(s): Ganciclovir L valyl Ester
Ganciclovir L-valyl Ester
Valcyt
Valcyte
Valganciclovir Hydrochloride
Tree number(s): D03.633.100.759.758.399.454.250.300.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000077562
Scope note: A ganciclovir prodrug and antiviral agent that is used to treat CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS in patients with AIDS, and for the prevention of CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS in organ transplant recipients who have received an organ from a CMV-positive donor.
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Antiviral Agents
Registry Number: GCU97FKN3R
CAS Type 1 Name: L-Valine, 2-((2-amino-3,6-dihydro-6-oxo-9H-purin-9-yl)methoxy)-3-hydroxypropyl ester
Public MeSH Note: 2019; VALGANCICLOVIR was indexed under GANCICLOVIR/analogs & derivatives 1999-2018
History Note: 2019 (1999)
DeCS ID: 57687
Unique ID: D000077562
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2019/01/01
Date of Entry: 2018/07/09
Revision Date: 2018/07/03
Valganciclovir - Preferred
Concept UI M0334922
Scope note A ganciclovir prodrug and antiviral agent that is used to treat CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS in patients with AIDS, and for the prevention of CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS in organ transplant recipients who have received an organ from a CMV-positive donor.
Preferred term Valganciclovir
Entry term(s) Ganciclovir L valyl Ester
Ganciclovir L-valyl Ester
Valcyt - Narrower
Concept UI M000640947
Preferred term Valcyt
Valganciclovir Hydrochloride - Narrower
Concept UI M0398071
Preferred term Valganciclovir Hydrochloride
Valcyte - Narrower
Concept UI M0398070
Preferred term Valcyte



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