desensitization, immunologic

Preferred Label : desensitization, immunologic;

MeSH definition : Immunosuppression by the administration of increasing doses of antigen. Though the exact mechanism is not clear, the therapy results in an increase in serum levels of allergen-specific IMMUNOGLOBULIN G, suppression of specific IgE, and an increase in suppressor T-cell activity.;

MeSH synonym : immunologic desensitization; desensitizations, immunologic; immunologic desensitizations; therapy, hyposensitization; hyposensitization therapies; hyposensitization therapy;

CISMeF synonym : therapies, hyposensitization;

MeSH hyponym : allergen immunotherapy; Allergen Immunotherapies; Immunotherapies, Allergen; Immunotherapy, Allergen;

Related MeSH term : Allergy Shot; Shot, Allergy; Immunotherapy, Venom; Venom Immunotherapies;

MeSH annotation : do not use /util except by MeSH definition; DF: DESENSITIZATION IMMUNOL;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allergen immunotherapy;

Details

Origin ID

D003888;

UMLS CUI

C0178702;

ATC code(s)
- food [ATC Code]
- grass pollen [ATC Code]
ATC code(s)
- allergen extracts [ATC Code]
- allergens [ATC Code]
- allergens [ATC Code]
- animals [ATC Code]
- feather [ATC Code]
- flowers [ATC Code]
- food [ATC Code]
- grass pollen [ATC Code]
- house dust mites [ATC Code]
- insects [ATC Code]
- mould fungus and yeast fungus [ATC Code]
- textiles [ATC Code]
- tree pollen [ATC Code]
Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Allergen immunotherapy [ICD-11 Category]
- Allergen immunotherapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Allergy Shot [NCIt concept]
- Hymenoptera immunotherapy (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Desensitization therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Immunologic Desensitization [NCIt concept]
- desensitization therapy, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- parietaria judaica pollen [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- ragweed pollen [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- short ragweed fraction A-D-glutamic acid-D-lysine polymer [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Manual BTNT mappings - CISMeF
- subcutaneous allergen immunotherapy [Disease (Nov.)]
Record concept(s)
- Allergy Shots [MeSH concept]
- Venom Immunotherapy [MeSH concept]
- allergen immunotherapy [MeSH concept]
- desensitization, immunologic [MeSH concept]
See also
- Allergoids [MeSH Descriptor]
- hypersensitivity [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Desensitization therapy (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Immunologic Desensitization [NCIt concept]
- desensitization therapy, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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