"Thimerosal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An ethylmercury-sulfidobenzoate that has been used as a preservative in VACCINES; ANTIVENINS; and OINTMENTS. It was formerly used as a topical antiseptic. It degrades to ethylmercury and thiosalicylate.
| Descriptor ID |
D013849
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.691.750.100.347.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Thimerosal- Thimerosal
- Sodium Ethylmercurithiosalicylate
- Ethylmercurithiosalicylate, Sodium
- Thiomersalate
- Mercurothiolate
- Thiomersal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thimerosal" by people in Profiles.
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Can Unconventional Immunomodulatory Agents Help Alleviate COVID-19 Symptoms and Severity? mSphere. 2020 05 13; 5(3).
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Altered antigenicity and immunogenicity of human papillomavirus virus-like particles in the presence of thimerosal. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2019 Aug; 141:221-231.
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Histone deacetylase inhibitors, Thimerosal, and autism spectrum disorder. Environ Res. 2017 07; 156:843-844.
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Thimerosal positivities: patch testing to methylmercury chloride in subjects sensitive to ethylmercury chloride. Contact Dermatitis. 1999 Jan; 40(1):8-13.