"Insulin, NPH" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An intermediate-acting INSULIN preparation with onset time of 2 hours and duration of 24 hours. It is produced by crystallizing ZINC-insulin-PROTAMINES at neutral pH 7. Thus it is called neutral protamine Hagedorn for inventor Hans Christian Hagedorn.
| Descriptor ID |
D007336
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D06.472.699.587.200.300.200 D12.644.548.586.200.300.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Insulin, Isophane- Insulin, Isophane
- Isophane Insulin
- Neutral Protamine Hagedorn Insulin
- Protamine Hagedorn Insulin
- Hagedorn Insulin, Protamine
- Isophane Insulin, Regular
- Regular Isophane Insulin
- Insulin, NPH
- NPH Insulin
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