"Bromodeoxyuridine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nucleoside that substitutes for thymidine in DNA and thus acts as an antimetabolite. It causes breaks in chromosomes and has been proposed as an antiviral and antineoplastic agent. It has been given orphan drug status for use in the treatment of primary brain tumors.
| Descriptor ID |
D001973
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.680.852.300.150 D13.570.230.430.196 D13.570.685.852.300.150
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| Concept/Terms |
Bromodeoxyuridine- Bromodeoxyuridine
- Bromouracil Deoxyriboside
- Deoxyriboside, Bromouracil
- 5-Bromo-2'-deoxyuridine
- 5 Bromo 2' deoxyuridine
- BrdU
- BUdR
- 5-Bromodeoxyuridine
- 5 Bromodeoxyuridine
- Broxuridine
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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