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Abstract
Substances that suppress Mycobacterium leprae, ameliorate the clinical manifestations of leprosy, and/or reduce the incidence and severity of leprous reactions.
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4 entry terms
- Antileprotic Agents
- Leprostatics
- Agents, Antileprotic
- Agents, Leprostatic
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Aspects Covered
24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
-static or -cidal; consider also MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE /drug eff & LEPROSY /drug ther
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- Anti-Infective Agents (1966-1974)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Leprostatic Agents. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007917. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007917
- Leprostatic Agents. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprostatic_agent
- Leprostatic Agents. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6527835