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MECANISME ACTION [1 record]

Record 1 2003-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Posology
CONT

...there has been a gradual narrowing of the definition of mechanism of action to be restricted to only the first event in the action-effect sequence, that is, only to the alternation of receptor functions by the drug.

CONT

Any metabolic or physiological function provides a potential mechanism of action of a drug.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Posologie
CONT

[...] des progrès ont été réalisés dans les méthodes qui permettent d'étudier les effets des médicaments chez l'animal [...] les mécanismes d'action des médicaments étaient discutés en terme de modification des fonctions physiologiques.

CONT

Notre sang serait-il donc si fragile? Il l'est d'une façon générale et la liste est longue des cytopénies, des thrombopénies et des agranulocytoses, à propos desquelles la responsabilité de drogues est invoquée sans que leur mécanisme d'action puisse être éclairci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Posología
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