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MeSH Heading: Calculi
Tree Number(s): C23.300.175
Unique ID: D002137
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002137
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; coordinate with organ/diseases term; chemolysis of calculi: coordinate disease with /‌ther, not /‌drug ther
Scope Note: An abnormal concretion occurring mostly in the urinary and biliary tracts, usually composed of mineral salts. Also called stones.
Entry Term(s): Biliary or Urinary Stones
See Also: Lithiasis; Lithotripsy
Online Note: to search for chem composition of calculi, use CALCULI/anal 1987-1990 & CALCULI/metab 1966-86
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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