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Hydrocortisone

"Hydrocortisone" 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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The main glucocorticoid secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX. Its synthetic counterpart is used, either as an injection or topically, in the treatment of inflammation, allergy, collagen diseases, asthma, adrenocortical deficiency, shock, and some neoplastic conditions.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hydrocortisone" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hydrocortisone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 33 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2017
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