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Descriptions

Dexamethasone is a potent synthetic member of the glucocorticoid class of steroid hormones. It acts as an anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant. Its potency is about 40 times that of hydrocortisone. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Dexamethasone (Wikipedia)

An anti-inflammatory 9-fluoro-glucocorticoid. Source: National Library of Medicine, MeSH 2006

Basic Part Properties

Part Display Name
Dexamethasone
Part Type
Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
Created On
2000-05-04
Construct for LOINC Short Name
Dexamethasone

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Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
zh-CN Chinese (China) 地塞米松
Synonyms: 9α氟16甲基脱氢皮质甾醇;氟甲强的松龙;氟美松;甲氟烯索
fr-CA French (Canada) Dexaméthasone
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Deksametasoon
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Dexametasona
it-IT Italian (Italy) Desametasone
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Dexametazon
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Дексаметазон
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) dexamethason
fr-BE French (Belgium) Dexaméthasone