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Descriptor English: Chelation Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Terapia por Quelación
Descriptor tratamiento por quelación
Scope note: Tratamiento de la intoxicación con metales pesados con empleo de agentes que secuestran el metal de los órganos o tejidos y a los que se fijan firmemente, dentro de la estructura anular de un nuevo compuesto que puede ser eliminado del organismo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terapia por Quelação
Descriptor French: Traitement chélateur
Entry term(s): Chelation Therapies
Therapies, Chelation
Therapy, Chelation
Tree number(s): E02.319.155
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015913
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.
Annotation: coord IM with specific chelating agent /ther use (IM) + metal being chelated with no qualif
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Chelating Agents/therapeutic use (1966-1989)
Public MeSH Note: 90
History Note: 90
Entry Version: CHELATION THER
DeCS ID: 24558
Unique ID: D015913
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Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1989/10/03
Revision Date: 1990/03/22
Chelation Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M0024349
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.
Preferred term Chelation Therapy
Entry term(s) Chelation Therapies
Therapies, Chelation
Therapy, Chelation



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