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AMETHOPTERINE [1 record]

Record 1 2004-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A very potent folic acid antagonist which has been used as a cytotoxic drug in the treatment of neoplastic diseases and as an immunosuppressant agent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Cancers et oncologie
DEF

Antimitotique cytostatique, antagoniste de l'acide folique, indiqué dans le traitement de la leucémie.

OBS

Caractères physiques : Poudre cristalline orangé ou ampoules à 5 mg, tablettes 2,5 mg. Usages : Thérapeutique (antagoniste de l'acide folique; leucémie; cancer).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
DEF

Fármaco antimetabolito antineoplásico.

OBS

[...] utilizado en el tratamiento de cáncer de mama, cervix, cabeza, cuello, colon, pulmón y leucemia linfocítica aguda, osteosarcoma y micosis fungoides.

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