"Acitretin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An oral retinoid effective in the treatment of psoriasis. It is the major metabolite of ETRETINATE with the advantage of a much shorter half-life when compared with etretinate.
| Descriptor ID |
D017255
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.271.665.202.495.050 D02.455.849.131.495.050 D23.767.261.700.050
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| Concept/Terms |
Soriatane- Soriatane
- Roche Brand of Acitretin
- Acitretin Roche Brand
- Hoffmann-La Roche Brand of Acitretin
- Neotigason
- Andreu Brand of Acitretin
- Acitretin Andreu Brand
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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