"Arginine Vasopressin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The predominant form of mammalian antidiuretic hormone. It is a nonapeptide containing an ARGININE at residue 8 and two disulfide-linked cysteines at residues of 1 and 6. Arg-vasopressin is used to treat DIABETES INSIPIDUS or to improve vasomotor tone and BLOOD PRESSURE.
| Descriptor ID |
D001127
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.631.692.781.100 D12.644.400.900.100 D12.644.456.925.100 D12.644.548.691.692.781.100 D12.776.641.650.937.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Arginine Vasopressin- Arginine Vasopressin
- Argipressin
- Vasopressin, Arginine
- Arg-Vasopressin
- Arg Vasopressin
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