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MeSH Heading: Elephantiasis
Tree Number(s): C15.604.496.320
Unique ID: D004604
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004604
Annotation: ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL is also available
Scope Note: Hypertrophy and thickening of tissues from causes other than filarial infection, the latter being described as ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL.
Entry Term(s): Bigfoot Disease; Elephantiasis Nostras Verrucosa; Endemic Elephantiasis; Endemic Non-Filarial Elephantiasis; Lymphostatic Verrucosis; Microcrystal Disease; Mossy foot; Podoconiosis
NLM Classification #: WH 720
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under LYMPHEDEMA 1975-90; was see FILARIASIS & LYMPHEDEMA 1963-74
Online Note: search FILARIASIS & LYMPHEDEMA 1966-74
History Note: 91(75); was see under LYMPHEDEMA 1975-90; was see FILARIASIS & LYMPHEDEMA 1963-74
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2012/12/04

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

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)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0568420
Scope Note: Nonfilarial, noninfective, usually crystalline blockage of the limb lymphatics, almost always affecting the lower limbs and especially the feet.
Terms: Podoconiosis Preferred Term
Term UI T799940
Date11/02/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Lymphostatic Verrucosis
Term UI T813280
Date11/28/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Microcrystal Disease
Term UI T813279
Date11/28/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013); Mossy foot
Term UI T813281
Date11/28/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2013)

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