Extracorporeal Photopheresis

Preferred Label : Extracorporeal Photopheresis;

NCIt synonyms : Extracorporeal Photophoresis; Photophoresis;

NCIt related terms : photopheresis;

NCIt definition : A procedure which combines apheresis and photodynamic therapy, resulting in blood being treated with a photosensitizing agent and subsequently irradiated with specified wavelengths of light to achieve an effect.;

Alternative definition : NCI-GLOSS: A procedure in which blood is removed from the body and treated with ultraviolet light and drugs that become active when exposed to light. The blood is then returned to the body. It is being studied in the treatment of some blood and bone marrow diseases and graft-vs-host disease (GVHD).;

Codes from synonyms : CDR0000403135; CDR0000285637;

Details

Origin ID

C62729;

UMLS CUI

C0206373;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Photopheresis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- photopheresis [Blood Transfusion thesaurus concept]
- photopheresis [MeSH Descriptor]
- photopheresis [MeSH concept]
- photophoresis [IUPAC Term]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Extracorporeal photopheresis (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- extracorporeal photopheresis [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Extracorporeal photopheresis (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Photopheresis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Therapeutic photopheresis [ICD-9 code]
- extracorporeal photopheresis [SNOMED Notion]
- photopheresis [MeSH concept]
- photopheresis [MeSH Descriptor]
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- CTRP Intervention Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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