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MeSH Heading: Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
Tree Number(s): D13.444.154
Unique ID: D000073888
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000073888
Scope Note: Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) found circulating in SERUM; PLASMA; or other BODY FLUIDS.
Entry Term(s): Cell-Free DNA; Cell-Free Deoxyribonucleic Acid; Cell-Free Nucleic Acid; Cell-Free RNA; Cell-Free Ribonucleic Acid; Circulating Cell-Free Nucleic Acid; Circulating Cell-Free Nucleic Acids; Circulating DNA; Circulating Nucleic Acid; Circulating Nucleic Acids; Circulating RNA; cfDNA; cfRNA; cirDNA; cirRNA
Previous Indexing: DNA/blood (1998-2017)
See Also: Liquid Biopsy
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M000624215
Scope Note: Nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) found circulating in SERUM; PLASMA; or other BODY FLUIDS.
Terms: Cell-Free Nucleic Acids Preferred Term
Term UI T000912426
Date11/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Circulating Nucleic Acid
Term UI T000998682
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Circulating Cell-Free Nucleic Acid
Term UI T000998683
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); Cell-Free Nucleic Acid
Term UI T000912427
Date11/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Circulating Cell-Free Nucleic Acids
Term UI T000912568
Date12/06/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Circulating Nucleic Acids
Term UI T000914412
Date01/19/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Concept UI: M000624216
Terms: Cell-Free DNA Preferred Term
Term UI T000912428
Date11/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Cell-Free Deoxyribonucleic Acid
Term UI T000912571
Date12/06/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Circulating DNA
Term UI T000919174
Date03/15/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); cfDNA
Term UI T000919177
Date03/15/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); cirDNA
Term UI T000919176
Date03/15/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Concept UI: M000624217
Terms: Cell-Free RNA Preferred Term
Term UI T000912429
Date11/30/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Cell-Free Ribonucleic Acid
Term UI T000912570
Date12/06/2016
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Circulating RNA
Term UI T000919178
Date03/15/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); cirRNA
Term UI T000919179
Date03/15/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); cfRNA
Term UI T000919180
Date03/15/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

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