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Descriptor English: Leprostatic Agents
Descriptor Spanish: Leprostáticos
Descriptor leprostáticos
Entry term(s) antileprosos
fármacos antileprosos
fármacos leprostáticos
Scope note: Sustancias que eliminan a Mycobacterium leprae, mejoran las manifestaciones clínicas de la lepra o reducen la incidencia y gravedad de las reacciones leprosas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hansenostáticos
Descriptor French: Antilépreux
Entry term(s): Agents, Antileprotic
Agents, Leprostatic
Antileprotic Agents
Leprostatics
Tree number(s): D27.505.954.122.085.777
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007917
Scope note: Substances that suppress Mycobacterium leprae, ameliorate the clinical manifestations of leprosy, and/or reduce the incidence and severity of leprous reactions.
Annotation: -static or -cidal; consider also MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE /drug eff & LEPROSY /drug ther
Allowable Qualifiers: 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
Previous Indexing: Anti-Infective Agents (1966-1974)
Public MeSH Note: 75
History Note: 75
DeCS ID: 8095
Unique ID: D007917
NLM Classification: QV 259
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1975/09/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Leprostatic Agents - Preferred
Concept UI M0012360
Scope note Substances that suppress Mycobacterium leprae, ameliorate the clinical manifestations of leprosy, and/or reduce the incidence and severity of leprous reactions.
Preferred term Leprostatic Agents
Entry term(s) Agents, Antileprotic
Agents, Leprostatic
Antileprotic Agents
Leprostatics



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