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Descriptor
English
:
Immunosuppression
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Inmunosupresión
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Imunossupressão
Synonyms
English
:
Antirejection Therapy
Tree Number:
E02.095.520.450
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: "deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response": do not confuse with
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION
(PHYSIOLOGY) see
IMMUNE TOLERANCE
(G4); do not use /util except by MeSH definition;
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS
is available if particularly discussed: see note there
See Related
English
:
Antilymphocyte Serum
Immune Tolerance
Immunocompromised Host
History Note
English
:
72(71)
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
adverse effects
classification
contraindications
economics
ethics
history
instrumentation
mortality
methods
nursing
psychology
statistics & numerical data
standards
trends
utilization
veterinary
Record Number:
29431
Unique Identifier:
D007165
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