Definition
Programs that utilize a form of therapy which administers a compound such as EDTA to enclose or grasp a toxic substance and make it nonactive and therefore nontoxic. Chelation therapy is used for treatment of heavy metal poisoning and in the remediation of atherosclerosis during which process the EDTA binds with calcium in plaques.
URL Name
LT-1450
Third Level Code
LT-1450
Taxonomy Code
LT-1450
Parent Code
LT
Family Code
L
Second Level Code
LT
Publication Status
Online