"Antimetabolites" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs that are chemically similar to naturally occurring metabolites, but differ enough to interfere with normal metabolic pathways. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p2033)
| Descriptor ID |
D000963
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.519.186 D27.888.569.042
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antimetabolites" by people in Profiles.
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Timing of myelosuppression during thiopurine therapy for inflammatory bowel disease: implications for monitoring recommendations. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Nov; 7(11):1195-201; quiz 1141-2.