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Thalidomide

"Thalidomide" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A piperidinyl isoindole originally introduced as a non-barbiturate hypnotic, but withdrawn from the market due to teratogenic effects. It has been reintroduced and used for a number of immunological and inflammatory disorders. Thalidomide displays immunosuppresive and anti-angiogenic activity. It inhibits release of TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA from monocytes, and modulates other cytokine action.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thalidomide" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Thalidomide" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 185 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2016
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