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FOLIC ACID ANTAGONIST [1 record]

Record 1 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

An antimetabolite of folic acid; those used as chemotherapeutic agents are competitive inhibitors of dihydrofolate reductase: trimethoprim is used as an antibacterial, pyrimethamine as an antimalarial, and methotrexate as an antineoplastic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

Médicament qui provoque l'aplasie de la moelle osseuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
DEF

Agente que inhibe la producción intracelular del ácido folínico.

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