"Propylthiouracil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A thiourea antithyroid agent. Propythiouracil inhibits the synthesis of thyroxine and inhibits the peripheral conversion of throxine to tri-iodothyronine. It is used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopeoia, 30th ed, p534)
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D011441
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.698.875.842.708
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Propylthiouracil" by people in Profiles.
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Case Studies in Thyroid Dysfunction and Pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):388-397.
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Alcohol-induced liver injury. The role of oxygen. Recent Dev Alcohol. 1984; 2:103-17.
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Periportal and pericentral pyridine nucleotide fluorescence from the surface of the perfused liver: evaluation of the hypothesis that chronic treatment with ethanol produces pericentral hypoxia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 Sep; 79(17):5415-9.
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Ethanol-induced changes in the intralobular oxygen gradient of perfused rat liver. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1980; 13 Suppl 1:41-5.