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Descriptor English: Immunosuppression Therapy
Descriptor Spanish: Terapia de Inmunosupresión
Descriptor terapia inmunosupresora
Entry term(s) inmunosupresión
tratamiento frente al rechazo
Scope note: Prevención deliberada o disminución de la respuesta inmunitaria del hospedador. Puede ser inespecífica, como en la administración de inmunosupresores (fármacos o radiación) o por disminución de linfocitos, o puede ser específica como en la desensibilización o la administración simultánea de antígenos y fármacos inmunosupresores.
Descriptor Portuguese: Terapia de Imunossupressão
Descriptor French: Immunosuppression thérapeutique
Entry term(s): Anti Rejection Therapy
Anti-Rejection Therapies
Anti-Rejection Therapy
Antirejection Therapies
Antirejection Therapy
Immunosuppression
Immunosuppressions
Immunosuppressive Therapy
Therapy, Anti-Rejection
Therapy, Antirejection
Tree number(s): E02.095.465.425.450
E05.478.610
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007165
Scope note: Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs.
Annotation: note category: do not confuse with IMMUNOSUPPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY) see IMMUNE TOLERANCE
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: Antilymphocyte Serum (1968-1970)
Immune Tolerance (1966-1970)
Immunity (1966-1970)
Immunosuppressive Agents (1966-1970)
Public MeSH Note: 2022; see IMMUNOSUPPRESSION 1971-2021
History Note: 2022 (1971)
Related: Antilymphocyte Serum MeSH
Immune Tolerance MeSH
Immunocompromised Host MeSH
DeCS ID: 29431
Unique ID: D007165
NLM Classification: QW 920
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2021/07/07
Immunosuppression Therapy - Preferred
Concept UI M0011170
Scope note Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs.
Preferred term Immunosuppression Therapy
Entry term(s) Anti Rejection Therapy
Anti-Rejection Therapies
Anti-Rejection Therapy
Antirejection Therapies
Antirejection Therapy
Immunosuppression
Immunosuppressions
Immunosuppressive Therapy
Therapy, Anti-Rejection
Therapy, Antirejection



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