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MeSH Heading: Hemostasis
Tree Number(s): G09.188.390
Unique ID: D006487
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006487
Annotation: note Cat G, a physiol process; differentiate from HEMOSTATIC TECHNIQUES and specifics, Cat E; coord HEMOSTASIS in diseases with disease /‌blood, not /‌physiopathol
Scope Note: The process which spontaneously arrests the flow of BLOOD from vessels carrying blood under pressure. It is accomplished by contraction of the vessels, adhesion and aggregation of formed blood elements (eg. ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION), and the process of BLOOD COAGULATION.
NLM Classification #: WH 305
History Note: was in Cat E only 1963-75
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

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