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Imatinib Mesylate

"Imatinib Mesylate" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A tyrosine kinase inhibitor and ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT that inhibits the BCR-ABL kinase created by chromosome rearrangements in CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA and ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA, as well as PDG-derived tyrosine kinases that are overexpressed in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Imatinib Mesylate" by people in this website by year, and whether "Imatinib Mesylate" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 105 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 11 publications in 2003
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