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Descriptor
English
:
Immunosuppression
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Inmunosupresión
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Imunossupressão
Synonyms
English
:
Anti Rejection Therapy
Anti-Rejection Therapies
Anti-Rejection Therapy
Antirejection Therapies
Antirejection Therapy
Immunosuppressions
Therapy, Anti-Rejection
Therapy, Antirejection
Tree Number:
E02.095.465.425.450
E05.478.610
Definition
English
:
Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of
immunosuppressive agents
(drugs or
radiation
) or by
lymphocyte depletion
or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of
antigen
and immunosuppressive drugs.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
note category: do not confuse with
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
(
PHYSIOLOGY
) see
IMMUNE TOLERANCE
See Related
English
:
Antilymphocyte Serum
Immune Tolerance
Immunocompromised Host
History Note
English
:
72(71)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
AE
adverse effects
CL
classification
EC
economics
ES
ethics
HI
history
IS
instrumentation
MT
methods
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PX
psychology
ST
standards
SN
statistics & numerical data
TD
trends
VE
veterinary
Record Number:
29431
Unique Identifier:
D007165
Occurrence in VHL
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