"Methylene Blue" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A compound consisting of dark green crystals or crystalline powder, having a bronze-like luster. Solutions in water or alcohol have a deep blue color. Methylene blue is used as a bacteriologic stain and as an indicator. It inhibits GUANYLATE CYCLASE, and has been used to treat cyanide poisoning and to lower levels of METHEMOGLOBIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D008751
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.369.517 D03.633.300.741.517
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| Concept/Terms |
Methylene Blue- Methylene Blue
- Blue, Methylene
- Methylthioninium Chloride
- Swiss Blue
- Blue, Swiss
- Methylene Blue N
- Blue N, Methylene
- Methylthionine Chloride
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methylene Blue" by people in Profiles.
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Accuracy of Subclassification and Grading of Renal Tumors on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology Alone. Acta Cytol. 2021; 65(2):140-149.
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Sepsis 2019: What Surgeons Need to Know. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2020 Apr; 21(3):195-204.
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Surgical Management of the Axilla in Breast Cancer Patients with Negative Sentinel Lymph Node: A Method to Reduce False-Negative Rate. World J Surg. 2019 Apr; 43(4):1047-1053.
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Guided surgical debridement: staining tissues with methylene blue. J Burn Care Res. 2010 Sep-Oct; 31(5):791-4.
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Aqueous-core lipid nanocapsules for encapsulating fragile hydrophilic and/or lipophilic molecules. Langmuir. 2009 Oct 06; 25(19):11413-9.
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Methylene blue. Am J Ther. 2003 Jul-Aug; 10(4):289-91.
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Methylene blue: NO panacea. J Pediatr. 1996 Dec; 129(6):790-3.
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Nitric oxide synthase activity in guinea pig ventricular myocytes is not involved in muscarinic inhibition of cAMP-regulated ion channels. Circ Res. 1996 May; 78(5):925-35.
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The flexor synovial sheath anatomy of the little finger: a macroscopic study. J Hand Surg Am. 1995 Jul; 20(4):636-41.
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Needle-localized thoracoscopic resection of indeterminate pulmonary nodules: impact on management of patients with malignant disease. Ann Surg Oncol. 1995 Jan; 2(1):49-55.