 Thimerosal
"Thimerosal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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An ethylmercury-sulfidobenzoate that has been used as a preservative in VACCINES; ANTIVENINS; and OINTMENTS. It was formerly used as a topical antiseptic. It degrades to ethylmercury and thiosalicylate.
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D013849
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.691.750.100.347.850
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| Concept/Terms |
Thimerosal- Thimerosal
- Sodium Ethylmercurithiosalicylate
- Ethylmercurithiosalicylate, Sodium
- Thiomersalate
- Mercurothiolate
- Thiomersal
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thimerosal" by people in Profiles.
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Mitkus RJ, King DB, Walderhaug MO, Forshee RA. A comparative pharmacokinetic estimate of mercury in U.S. Infants following yearly exposures to inactivated influenza vaccines containing thimerosal. Risk Anal. 2014 Apr; 34(4):735-50.
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Goldson E. Autism: an update. Adv Pediatr. 2009; 56:187-201.
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Gij?n MA, Riekhof WR, Zarini S, Murphy RC, Voelker DR. Lysophospholipid acyltransferases and arachidonate recycling in human neutrophils. J Biol Chem. 2008 Oct 31; 283(44):30235-45.
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Zheng W, Dreskin SC. Thimerosal in influenza vaccine: an immediate hypersensitivity reaction. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2007 Dec; 99(6):574-5.
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Zarini S, Gij?n MA, Folco G, Murphy RC. Effect of arachidonic acid reacylation on leukotriene biosynthesis in human neutrophils stimulated with granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine. J Biol Chem. 2006 Apr 14; 281(15):10134-42.
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Parker S, Todd J, Schwartz B, Pickering L. Thimerosal-containing vaccines and autistic spectrum disorder: a critical review of published original data. Pediatrics. 2005 Jan; 115(1):200.
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Parker SK, Schwartz B, Todd J, Pickering LK. Thimerosal-containing vaccines and autistic spectrum disorder: a critical review of published original data. Pediatrics. 2004 Sep; 114(3):793-804.
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