 Leucovorin
"Leucovorin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The active metabolite of FOLIC ACID. Leucovorin is used principally as its calcium salt as an antidote to folic acid antagonists which block the conversion of folic acid to folinic acid.
| Descriptor ID |
D002955
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.438.733.631.400.800.350.450 D08.211.840.300.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Leucovorin- Leucovorin
- Leukovorum
- Leukovorin
- Folinic Acid
- Acid, Folinic
- Folinic Acid-SF
- Folinic Acid SF
N(5)-Formyltetrahydrofolate- N(5)-Formyltetrahydrofolate
- 5-Formyltetrahydropteroylglutamate
- 5 Formyltetrahydropteroylglutamate
- 5-Formyltetrahydrofolate
- 5 Formyltetrahydrofolate
Citrovorum Factor- Citrovorum Factor
- Factor, Citrovorum
- Calcium Leucovorin
- Leucovorin, Calcium
- Calcium Folinate
- Folinate, Calcium
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1989 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Leucovorin" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Mavros MN, Moris D, Karanicolas PJ, Katz MHG, O'Reilly EM, Pawlik TM. Clinical Trials of Systemic Chemotherapy for Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Review. JAMA Surg. 2021 07 01; 156(7):663-672.
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Frye RE, Rossignol DA, Scahill L, McDougle CJ, Huberman H, Quadros EV. Treatment of Folate Metabolism Abnormalities in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2020 10; 35:100835.
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Wolfe AR, Prabhakar D, Yildiz VO, Cloyd JM, Dillhoff M, Abushahin L, Alexandra Diaz D, Miller ED, Chen W, Frankel WL, Noonan A, Williams TM. Neoadjuvant-modified FOLFIRINOX vs nab-paclitaxel plus gemcitabine for borderline resectable or locally advanced pancreatic cancer patients who achieved surgical resection. Cancer Med. 2020 07; 9(13):4711-4723.
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Hays H, Beuhler MC, Spiller HA, Weber J, Mowry JB, Ryan ML, Spiller NE, Webb A. Evaluation of toxicity after acute accidental methotrexate ingestions in children under 6 years old: a 16-year multi-center review. Clin Toxicol (Phila). 2018 02; 56(2):120-125.
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Frye RE, Slattery J, Delhey L, Furgerson B, Strickland T, Tippett M, Sailey A, Wynne R, Rose S, Melnyk S, Jill James S, Sequeira JM, Quadros EV. Folinic acid improves verbal communication in children with autism and language impairment: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Mol Psychiatry. 2018 02; 23(2):247-256.
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