beclomethasone
Beclomethasone is an inhaled and topical corticosteroid used long term to control asthma, allergic rhinitis, and certain inflammatory bowel conditions.
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A substance being studied as a mouth rinse treatment for oral mucositis (painful mouth sores) caused by cancer therapy.
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A bronchiole is one of the smallest airway branches in the lungs, carrying air from the larger bronchi toward the air sacs where gas exchange occurs.
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Its usefulness rests less on potency than on delivery, since the liver destroys most of a swallowed dose before it reaches the wider body.
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A substance that has been studied in the treatment of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and certain skin conditions.
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A substance made from the flower of the marigold plant Calendula officinalis.
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A protein that is made by many different types of cells and is involved in processes that take place both inside and outside of the cell.
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A protein that is made by many different types of cells and is involved in processes that take place both inside and outside of the cell.
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Cancer vaccines fall into two categories, preventive vaccines against cancer-causing viruses and therapeutic vaccines that train the immune system to attack existing tumors.
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Chondrocytes are the sole resident cells of cartilage, embedded within the tissue's own matrix and responsible for producing and maintaining it.
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A procedure that uses gold salts (a salt form of the metal element gold) to treat diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis.
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A colectomy is a surgical procedure that removes all or part of the colon to treat disease or injury affecting that organ.
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A term previously used to describe chronic diseases of the connective tissue (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic sclerosis), but now is thought to be more…
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The reason it is gastroenterology but gastritis: a linking vowel appears only when the next part starts with a consonant.
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A membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and also covers the front part of the eye.
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A condition of the prostate gland that continues or gets worse over a long period of time.
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The older everyday name for a baby dying without warning during sleep, with no cause found afterward.
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Dapsone is an antibacterial medication best established for treating leprosy and certain inflammatory skin conditions, also available in topical form for acne.
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A disease in which the function or structure of the affected tissues or organs changes for the worse over time.
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The active ingredient in a drug that is used to treat the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of skin cancer.
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