"Irritants" 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.
Drugs that act locally on cutaneous or mucosal surfaces to produce inflammation; those that cause redness due to hyperemia are rubefacients; those that raise blisters are vesicants and those that penetrate sebaceous glands and cause abscesses are pustulants; tear gases and mustard gases are also irritants.
Descriptor ID |
D007509
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MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.400 D27.888.569.300
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2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Irritants" by people in Profiles.
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Laryngeal and pharyngeal actinomycosis: a systematic review and report of 3 cases. Am J Otolaryngol. 2022 Nov-Dec; 43(6):103609.
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Acral manifestations of contact dermatitis. Clin Dermatol. 2017 Jan - Feb; 35(1):9-18.
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Recurrent flexural pellagroid dermatitis: an unusual variant of irritant contact dermatitis. Acta Derm Venereol. 2015 Jan; 95(1):116-7.
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Irritants and corrosives. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2015 Feb; 33(1):117-31.
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Inhalation of a pulmonary irritant modulates activity of lumbosacral spinal neurons receiving colonic input in rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Nov; 293(5):R2052-8.
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Reducing the number of rabbits in the Draize eye irritancy test: a statistical analysis of 155 studies conducted over 6 years. Fundam Appl Toxicol. 1988 Jan; 10(1):146-53.