Interferon beta-1a
"Interferon beta-1a" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An interferon beta-1 subtype that has a methionine at position 1, a cysteine at position 17, and is glycosylated at position 80. It functions as an ANTI-VIRAL AGENT and IMMUNOMODULATOR and is used to manage the symptoms of RELAPSING-REMITTING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D000068556
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.644.276.374.440.890.275.500 D12.776.467.374.440.890.275.500 D23.529.374.440.890.275.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Interferon beta-1a- Interferon beta-1a
- beta-1a, Interferon
- Interferon beta 1a
- 1a, Interferon beta
- beta 1a, Interferon
Avonex- Avonex
- Avonex Pen
- Pen, Avonex
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