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- noun organic chemistry, especially in combination The
univalent radical HO-CH2-CH2- derived fromethylene glycol
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Boldt has published more than 200 studies, many on a colloid product called hydroxyethyl starch, or HES.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dr. Sherri Tenpenny 2011
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Mosquera tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch HES, a banned plasma expander that can be used as a masking agent for EPO.
Must Reads: Mosquera still in limbo, Armstrong campaigns for cig tax, more 2011
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In a document developed by the Physical and Theoretical Chemical Lab at Oxford University, toxicology information on hydroxyethyl cellulose has it listed as a "severe irritant" and includes the note, "laboratory experiments have shown mutagenic effects."
Kevin Grandia: What the Frack: Is Pumping Glass Cleaner Into the Earth Okay? 2010
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A statement from the UCI on Thursday said a urine sample from Sevilla showed βan adverse analytical finding of hydroxyethyl starch (HES)β in tests at the WADA-accredited laboratory in Bogota.
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The UCI announced Thursday that it has provisionally suspended Oscar Sevilla after the Spanish rider tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch in a urine sample collected last month at the Vuelta a Colombia.
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In a document developed by the Physical and Theoretical Chemical Lab at Oxford University, toxicology information on hydroxyethyl cellulose has it listed as a "severe irritant" and includes the note, "laboratory experiments have shown mutagenic effects."
Kevin Grandia: What the Frack: is pumping glass cleaner into the earth okay? 2010
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Mr Boldt received funding from manufacturers of hydroxyethyl starch HES - the colloid he most strongly advocated - including B.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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In a rocky year for cycling, Tour of Spain runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera tested positive for the banned plasma substitute hydroxyethyl starch.
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In patients with sepsis, the infusion of hydroxyethyl starch, as compared with albumin, was associated with reduced release of circulating soluble adhesion molecules, suggesting a reduction in endothelial cell activation and injury. 54 This mechanism may partially account for a preservation of microvascular cross-sectional area that has been observed with hydroxyethyl starch solutions in experimental sepsis. 55 Hetastarch can cause dose-dependent decreases in factor VIII activity and prolongation of partial thromboplastin time (PTT).
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Society of Critical Care Medicine Hydroxyethyl starch (hetastarch) is a synthetic colloid formed from hydroxyethyl-substituted branch-chain amylopectin.
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