"Sulfur Hexafluoride" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Sulfur hexafluoride. An inert gas used mainly as a test gas in respiratory physiology. Other uses include its injection in vitreoretinal surgery to restore the vitreous chamber and as a tracer in monitoring the dispersion and deposition of air pollutants.
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D013459
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D01.303.350.300.900 D01.362.820 D01.875.812
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sulfur Hexafluoride" by people in Profiles.
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Vitrectomy for optic disk pit with macular schisis and outer retinal dehiscence. Retina. 2012 Jul; 32(7):1337-42.