Polyvinyl Alcohol
"Polyvinyl Alcohol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A polymer prepared from polyvinyl acetates by replacement of the acetate groups with hydroxyl groups. It is used as a pharmaceutic aid and ophthalmic lubricant as well as in the manufacture of surface coatings artificial sponges, cosmetics, and other products.
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D011142
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D02.033.750 D02.455.326.271.884.533.532 D05.750.716.721.616 D25.720.716.721.616 J01.637.051.720.716.721.616
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2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polyvinyl Alcohol" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Hanak BW, Haussen DC, Ambekar S, Ferreira M, Ghodke BV, Peterson EC. Preoperative embolization of intracranial hemangiopericytomas: case series and introduction of the transtumoral embolization technique. J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Oct; 8(10):1084-94.