"Succimer" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A mercaptodicarboxylic acid used as an antidote to heavy metal poisoning because it forms strong chelates with them.
| Descriptor ID |
D004113
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.337.759.500 D02.886.489.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Succimer- Succimer
- DMSA
- meso-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Acid, meso-Dimercaptosuccinic
- meso Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Butanedioic Acid, 2,3-Dimercapto-, (R*,S*)-Isomer
2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid- 2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- 2,3 Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Acid, 2,3-Dimercaptosuccinic
- Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
- Acid, Dimercaptosuccinic
Succimer, Tin Salt- Succimer, Tin Salt
- Tin Salt Succimer
- Tin Dimercaptosuccinate
- Dimercaptosuccinate, Tin
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Succimer" by people in Profiles.
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Successful treatment of potentially fatal heavy metal poisonings. J Emerg Med. 2007 Apr; 32(3):289-94.
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Acute pediatric lead poisoning: combined whole bowel irrigation, succimer therapy, and endoscopic removal of ingested lead pellets. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2002 Jun; 18(3):200-2.
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A report of pediatric SUCCIMER overdose. Vet Hum Toxicol. 1998 Apr; 40(2):90-1.