"Talc" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Finely powdered native hydrous magnesium silicate. It is used as a dusting powder, either alone or with starch or boric acid, for medicinal and toilet preparations. It is also an excipient and filler for pills, tablets, and for dusting tablet molds. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
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D013627
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.524.500.850 D01.578.725.500.800 D01.837.725.700.760.535.800
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Talc" by people in Profiles.
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Expedited Investigation of Powder Caking Aided by Rapid 3D Prototyping of Testing Devices. J Pharm Sci. 2020 01; 109(1):769-774.
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Ovarian cancer: etiology, risk factors, and epidemiology. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2012 Mar; 55(1):3-23.
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Who gains most? A 10-year experience with 611 thoracoscopic talc pleurodeses. Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Jun; 83(6):1940-5.
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Predictors of acute lung injury and severe hypoxemia in patients undergoing operative talc pleurodesis. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Dec; 82(6):1976-81.
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Talcosis in AIDS victims? Am J Clin Pathol. 1984 Jan; 81(1):145.
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Cytochrome c2 of Rhodospirillum rubrum. 1. Molecular properties of the protein and amino acid sequences of its peptides derived by the action of trypsin and thermolysin. J Biol Chem. 1968 Oct 25; 243(20):5492-506.
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Talc pneumoconiosis. AMA Arch Ind Health. 1959 Apr; 19(4):392-402.