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Descriptor English:   Microbubbles 
Descriptor Spanish:   Microburbujas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Microbolhas 
Synonyms English:   Colloidal Gas Aphrons
Aphron, Colloidal Gas
Aphrons, Colloidal Gas
Colloidal Gas Aphron
Gas Aphron, Colloidal
Gas Aphrons, Colloidal
Microbubble  
Tree Number:   E07.553
Definition English:   Small encapsulated gas bubbles (diameters of micrometers) that can be used as CONTRAST MEDIA, and in other diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Upon exposure to sufficiently intense ultrasound, microbubbles will cavitate, rupture, disappear, release gas content. Such characteristics of the microbubbles can be used to enhance diagnostic tests, dissolve blood clots, and deliver drugs or genes for therapy. 
Indexing Annotation English:   coordinate with CONTRAST MEDIA, specific diagnostic technique or therapeutic technique if pertinent
See Related English:   Microspheres
 
History Note English:   2004 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
MI microbiology PS parasitology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
SD supply & distribution TU therapeutic use
TD trends UT utilization
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   38356 
Unique Identifier:   D045423 

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