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MeSH Heading: Anticonvulsants
Tree Number(s): D27.505.954.427.080
Unique ID: D000927
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000927
Scope Note: Drugs used to prevent SEIZURES or reduce their severity.
Entry Term(s): Anticonvulsant; Anticonvulsant Drug; Anticonvulsant Drugs; Anticonvulsive Agent; Anticonvulsive Agents; Anticonvulsive Drug; Anticonvulsive Drugs; Antiepileptic; Antiepileptic Agent; Antiepileptic Agents; Antiepileptic Drug; Antiepileptic Drugs; Antiepileptics
NLM Classification #: QV 85
See Also: Seizures
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0001382
Scope Note: Drugs used to prevent SEIZURES or reduce their severity.
Terms: Anticonvulsants Preferred Term
Term UI T002751
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Anticonvulsant Drug
Term UI T000998592
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anticonvulsive Agent
Term UI T000998593
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anticonvulsive Drug
Term UI T000998594
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anticonvulsant
Term UI T000996275
Date11/14/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Anticonvulsant Drugs
Term UI T002753
Date04/04/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Anticonvulsive Agents
Term UI T002752
Date01/26/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Anticonvulsive Drugs
Term UI T002754
Date11/30/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

Concept UI: M0001383
Terms: Antiepileptic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T002755
Date10/05/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Antiepileptic
Term UI T000998597
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antiepileptics
Term UI T002756
Date01/26/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); Antiepileptic Agent
Term UI T000998595
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Antiepileptic Drugs
Term UI T002757
Date10/24/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Antiepileptic Drug
Term UI T000998596
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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