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MeSH Heading: Foreign-Body Reaction
Tree Number(s): C23.550.470.251; C26.392.560
Unique ID: D005549
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005549
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Scope Note: Chronic inflammation and granuloma formation around irritating foreign bodies.
NLM Classification #: QZ 150
Previous Indexing: Foreign Bodies (1966-1971)
Public MeSH Note: 91; was FOREIGN BODY REACTION 1974-90
Online Note: use FOREIGN-BODY REACTION to search FOREIGN BODY REACTION 1972-90 (as Prov 1972-73)
History Note: 91(72); was FOREIGN BODY REACTION 1972-90 (Prov 1972-73)
Date Established: 1974/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

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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