immunosuppressive agent

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immunosuppressive
adjective
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/ˌɪm.jə.nəʊ.səˈpres.ɪv/us
/ˌɪm.jəˌnoʊ.səˈpres.ɪv/
preventing the immune system from reacting to antigens, for example in order to prevent transplanted organs from ...
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agent
noun[C]
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒənt/
a person who acts for or ...
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A history of topical steroid orimmunosuppressiveagentis noted.
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Overall, 9 % of cases took prescription antibiotics, 3 % laxatives, 16 % antacids, and 1 % immunosuppressive agents in the previous 28 days.
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Perhaps other immunosuppressive agents would also be effective.
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This improvement is primarily a result of the use of more-effective immunosuppressive agents.
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Other immunosuppressive agents such as azathioprine are frequently used.
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Therefore, the development of new, more-potent and lesstoxic immunosuppressive agents is desirable.
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An alternative is to use immunosuppressive agents as steroid-sparing drugs in polymyalgia.
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Over the past decade, the treatment of patients with immunosuppressive agents has extended the survival rates of both the transplanted organs and the patients themselves.
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Chronic immune haemolysis may require prolonged lower dosage corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressive agents, such as azathioprine, for clinical control.
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Treatment includes corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents, which affect heart function.
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Glucocorticosteroids, which are anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive agents, are used in some cases.
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In kidney transplant recipients who are treated with immunosuppressive agents, immunologic function can be treated by tapering of the immunosuppressive regimen.
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Acute rejection is the most common and the primary target of immunosuppressive agents.
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Actual or suspected immunosuppressive agents can be evaluated in terms of their effects on lymphocyte subpopulations in tissues using immunohistochemistry.
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Immunosuppressive drugs or immunosuppressive agents or antirejection medications are drugs that inhibit or prevent activity of the immune system.
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Corticosteroids act as analgesia and reduce pain (usually within 2472 hours), as well as reducing the inflammatory mass, whereas immunosuppressive agents help reduce the autoimmune response.
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