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Descriptor English:
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Hydroxychloroquine
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Hidroxicloroquina
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Hidroxicloroquina
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Synonyms English:
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Hydroxychlorochin
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate
Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate (1:1) Salt
Oxychlorochin
Oxychloroquine
Plaquenil
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Tree Number:
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D03.633.100.810.050.180.350
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Definition English:
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A chemotherapeutic agent that acts against erythrocytic forms of malarial parasites. Hydroxychloroquine appears to concentrate in food vacuoles of affected protozoa. It inhibits plasmodial heme polymerase. (From Gilman et al., Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 9th ed, p970) |
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Pharmacological Action:
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Antimalarials
Enzyme Inhibitors
Antirheumatic Agents
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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7045
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Unique Identifier:
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D006886
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Similar:
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DeCS
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