Lamivudine
"Lamivudine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A reverse transcriptase inhibitor and ZALCITABINE analog in which a sulfur atom replaces the 3' carbon of the pentose ring. It is used to treat HIV disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D019259
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.680.245.500.950.500 D13.570.230.329.950.500 D13.570.230.500.925.500 D13.570.685.245.500.950.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Lamivudine- Lamivudine
- 2',3'-Dideoxy-3'-thiacytidine
- 2',3' Dideoxy 3' thiacytidine
- 3TC
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Finocchario-Kessler S, Clark KF, Khamadi S, Gautney BJ, Okoth V, Goggin K. Progress Toward Eliminating Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Kenya: Review of Treatment Guideline Uptake and Pediatric Transmission at Four Government Hospitals Between 2010 and 2012. AIDS Behav. 2016 11; 20(11):2602-2611.