LP18549-3
Dexamethasone
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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 Name
- Dexamethasone
- 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; |
| 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 |
| fr-FR | French (France) | Dexaméthasone |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Deksametazon |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Δεξαμεθαζόνη Synonyms: Δεξαμεθαζόνη |
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