"Mustard Gas" 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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Severe irritant and vesicant of skin, eyes, and lungs. It may cause blindness and lethal lung edema and was formerly used as a war gas. The substance has been proposed as a cytostatic and for treatment of psoriasis. It has been listed as a known carcinogen in the Fourth Annual Report on Carcinogens (NTP-85-002, 1985) (Merck, 11th ed).
| Descriptor ID |
D009151
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.728.468
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| Concept/Terms |
Mustard Gas- Mustard Gas
- Gas, Mustard
- Di-2-chloroethyl Sulfide
- Di 2 chloroethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Di-2-chloroethyl
- Dichlorodiethyl Sulfide
- Sulfide, Dichlorodiethyl
- Sulfur Mustard
- Mustard, Sulfur
- Yellow Cross Liquid
- Yperite
- Bis(beta-chloroethyl) Sulfide
- Mustardgas
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| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mustard Gas" by people in Profiles.
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Are Iranian Sulfur Mustard Gas-Exposed Survivors More Vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2? Some Similarity in Their Pathogenesis. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2020 Dec; 14(6):826-832.
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Sulfur Mustard-related Ocular Complications: A Review of Proteomic Alterations and Pathways Involved. Curr Pharm Des. 2018; 24(24):2849-2854.
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Environmental exposure to organophosphorus nerve agents. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2017 Dec; 56:163-171.
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TGF-ß and Th17 cells related injuries in patients with sulfur mustard exposure. J Cell Physiol. 2018 04; 233(4):3037-3047.
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A review on symptoms, treatments protocols, and proteomic profile in sulfur mustard-exposed victims. J Cell Biochem. 2018 01; 119(1):197-206.
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Ocular Effects of Sulfur Mustard and Therapeutic Approaches. J Cell Biochem. 2017 11; 118(11):3549-3560.
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Potential Utility of N-acetylcysteine for Treating Mustard Lung. Crit Rev Eukaryot Gene Expr. 2017; 27(3):247-266.