Biomaterial Database

Pulmonary fibrosis associated with hypersensitivity to gold salts. 1976

D M Geddes, and J Brostoff

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008875	Middle Aged	An adult aged 45 - 64 years.	Middle Age
D011658	Pulmonary Fibrosis	A process in which normal lung tissues are progressively replaced by FIBROBLASTS and COLLAGEN causing an irreversible loss of the ability to transfer oxygen into the bloodstream via PULMONARY ALVEOLI. Patients show progressive DYSPNEA finally resulting in death.	Alveolitis, Fibrosing,Idiopathic Diffuse Interstitial Pulmonary Fibrosis,Fibroses, Pulmonary,Fibrosis, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Fibroses,Alveolitides, Fibrosing,Fibrosing Alveolitides,Fibrosing Alveolitis
D004342	Drug Hypersensitivity	Immunologically mediated adverse reactions to medicinal substances used legally or illegally.	Allergy, Drug,Hypersensitivity, Drug,Drug Allergy,Allergies, Drug,Drug Allergies,Drug Hypersensitivities,Hypersensitivities, Drug
D005260	Female		Females
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