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MeSH Heading: Emphysema
Tree Number(s): C23.550.325
Unique ID: D004646
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004646
Annotation: also available are PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA and PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM see MEDIASTINAL EMPHYSEMA
Scope Note: A pathological accumulation of air in tissues or organs.
NLM Classification #: QZ 140
See Also: Pulmonary Emphysema
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2001/07/25

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)

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