Anti-glaucoma Agent

Preferred Label : Anti-glaucoma Agent;

NCIt definition : Natural or synthetic Anti-glaucoma Agents relieve or prevent glaucoma, a condition characterized by increased intraocular pressure, excavation, and optic nerve damage. Such an agent may decrease ocular pressure and improve glaucoma as a beta-adrenergic blocker, a parasympathomimetic, an alpha-adrenergic agonist, a prostaglandin synthesis agonist, or by other mechanisms. (NCI04);

Details

Origin ID

C29705;

UMLS CUI

C1515995;

Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Antiglaucoma Agents [MeSH concept]
- Antiglaucoma Agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- Medicinal product acting as antiglaucoma agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]
- antiglaucoma preparations [CISMeF Querying Strategy]
False automatic mappings
- Anti glaucoma agent (substance) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Anti glaucoma agent (substance) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- Antiglaucoma Agents [MeSH Descriptor]
- Medicinal product acting as antiglaucoma agent (product) [SNOMED CT concept]

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