Biomaterial Database

The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with gold. 1975

G B Bluhm

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D005260	Female		Females
D006046	Gold	A yellow metallic element with the atomic symbol Au, atomic number 79, and atomic weight 197. It is used in jewelry, goldplating of other metals, as currency, and in dental restoration. Many of its clinical applications, such as ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS, are in the form of its salts.
D006051	Aurothioglucose	A thioglucose derivative used as an antirheumatic and experimentally to produce obesity in animals.	Gold Thioglucose,Aureotan,Auromyose,Aurothioglucose, Sodium Salt, beta-D Isomer,Aurothioglucose, beta-D Isomer,Gold-50,Solganal,Solganal B Oleosum,Solganol,Thioglucosoaurate,Aurothioglucose, beta D Isomer,B Oleosum, Solganal,Gold 50,Gold50,Oleosum, Solganal B,Thioglucose, Gold,beta-D Isomer Aurothioglucose
D006052	Gold Sodium Thiomalate	A variable mixture of the mono- and disodium salts of gold thiomalic acid used mainly for its anti-inflammatory action in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It is most effective in active progressive rheumatoid arthritis and of little or no value in the presence of extensive deformities or in the treatment of other forms of arthritis.	Aurothiomalate,Gold Thiomalate,Sodium Gold Thiomalate,Aurolate,Gold Disodium Thiomalate, Monohydrate,Gold Thiomalic Acid,Mercaptobutanedioic Acid Monogold(1+) Sodium Salt,Miocrin,Miocrisin,Monogold (1+) Disodium Thiomalate,Myochrysine,Myocrisin,Myocrysine,Sodium Aurothiomalate,Sodium Thiomalatoaurate,Tauredon,Aurothiomalate, Sodium,Gold Thiomalate, Sodium,Sodium Thiomalate, Gold,Thiomalate, Gold,Thiomalatoaurate, Sodium
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D001172	Arthritis, Rheumatoid	A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated.	Rheumatoid Arthritis