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MeSH Heading: Cytostatic Agents
Tree Number(s): D27.888.569.199
Unique ID: D054697
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054697
Scope Note: Compounds that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of CELLS.
Entry Term(s): Cytostatic; Cytostatic Agent; Cytostatic Drug; Cytostatic Drugs; Cytostatics
Previous Indexing: Antineoplastic Agents (1988-2007)
See Also: Cytotoxins
Public MeSH Note: 2008; see ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS 1988-2007
History Note: 2008; use ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS 1988-2007
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

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: M0001484
Scope Note: Compounds that inhibit or prevent the proliferation of CELLS.
Terms: Cytostatic Agents Preferred Term
Term UI T002987
Date05/18/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Cytostatic
Term UI T000997374
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cytostatic Agent
Term UI T000997375
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cytostatic Drug
Term UI T000997376
Date11/19/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cytostatic Drugs
Term UI T002989
Date11/15/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Cytostatics
Term UI T002988
Date11/15/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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