chelation therapy

Preferred Label : chelation therapy;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : chelation therapies; therapies, chelation; therapy, chelation;

MeSH annotation : coord IM with specific chelating agent /ther use (IM) metal being chelated with no qualif;

Details

Origin ID

D015913;

UMLS CUI

C0007975;

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)
- Chelation therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- chelation therapy [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- chelation therapy [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- chelating agents [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Chelation therapy [MedDRA Preferred Term]

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