Biomaterial Database

Chelation therapy in children exposed to lead. 2001

M Shannon, and A Woolf, and H Binns

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007854	Lead	A soft, grayish metal with poisonous salts; atomic number 82, atomic weight 207.2, symbol Pb.
D007855	Lead Poisoning	Poisoning that results from chronic or acute ingestion, injection, inhalation, or skin absorption of LEAD or lead compounds.	Poisoning, Lead,Lead Poisonings,Poisonings, Lead
D010396	Penicillamine	3-Mercapto-D-valine. The most characteristic degradation product of the penicillin antibiotics. It is used as an antirheumatic and as a chelating agent in Wilson's disease.	Dimethylcysteine,Mercaptovaline,beta,beta-Dimethylcysteine,Copper Penicillaminate,Cuprenil,Cuprimine,D-3-Mercaptovaline,D-Penicillamine,Metalcaptase,D 3 Mercaptovaline,D Penicillamine,Penicillaminate, Copper,beta,beta Dimethylcysteine
D002614	Chelating Agents	Chemicals that bind to and remove ions from solutions. Many chelating agents function through the formation of COORDINATION COMPLEXES with METALS.	Chelating Agent,Chelator,Complexons,Metal Antagonists,Chelators,Metal Chelating Agents,Agent, Chelating,Agents, Chelating,Agents, Metal Chelating,Antagonists, Metal,Chelating Agents, Metal
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D004113	Succimer	A mercaptodicarboxylic acid used as an antidote to heavy metal poisoning because it forms strong chelates with them.	DMSA,Dimercaptosuccinic Acid,2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid,Butanedioic Acid, 2,3-Dimercapto-, (R,S)-Isomer,Chemet,Ro-1-7977,Succicaptal,Succimer Antimony Sodium Salt, (R,S)-Isomer,Succimer, (R,R)-(+,-)-Isomer,Succimer, Dipotassium Salt,Succimer, Disodium Salt,Succimer, Monosodium Salt,Succimer, Rhenium Salt,Succimer, Tin Salt,Tin Dimercaptosuccinate,meso-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid,2,3 Dimercaptosuccinic Acid,Acid, 2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic,Acid, Dimercaptosuccinic,Acid, meso-Dimercaptosuccinic,Dimercaptosuccinate, Tin,Dipotassium Salt Succimer,Disodium Salt Succimer,Monosodium Salt Succimer,Rhenium Salt Succimer,Ro 1 7977,Ro17977,Tin Salt Succimer,meso Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014494	Unithiol	A chelating agent used as an antidote to heavy metal poisoning.	2,3-Dimercapto-1-propanesulfonic Acid,2,3-Dimercaptopropane 1-Sodium Sulfonate,2,3-Dimercaptopropane-1-sulfonate Sodium,2,3-Dimercaptopropanesulfonic Acid,DMPS,DMPS-Heyl,Dimaval,Mercuval,Sodium 2,3-Dimercaptopropane Sulfonate,Sodium 2,3-Dithiopropanesulfate,Unitiol,1-Sodium Sulfonate, 2,3-Dimercaptopropane,2,3 Dimercapto 1 propanesulfonic Acid,2,3 Dimercaptopropane 1 Sodium Sulfonate,2,3 Dimercaptopropane 1 sulfonate Sodium,2,3 Dimercaptopropanesulfonic Acid,2,3-Dimercaptopropane Sulfonate, Sodium,2,3-Dithiopropanesulfate, Sodium,DMPS Heyl
D015913	Chelation Therapy	Therapy of heavy metal poisoning using agents which sequester the metal from organs or tissues and bind it firmly within the ring structure of a new compound which can be eliminated from the body.	Therapy, Chelation,Chelation Therapies,Therapies, Chelation