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MeSH Heading: Lung Diseases
Tree Number(s): C08.381
Unique ID: D008171
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008171
Annotation: general; prefer specifics; inflammatory disease = PNEUMONIA; lung collapse = PULMONARY ATELECTASIS
Scope Note: Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.
Entry Version: LUNG DIS
Entry Term(s): Disease, Pulmonary; Diseases, Pulmonary; Pulmonary Disease; Pulmonary Diseases
See Also: Pulmonary Heart Disease
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2008/07/08

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: M0012744
Scope Note: Pathological processes involving any part of the LUNG.
Terms: Lung Diseases Preferred Term
Term UI T024353
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966); Disease, Pulmonary
Term UI T024354
Date11/08/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Diseases, Pulmonary
Term UI T024355
Date11/08/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Pulmonary Disease
Term UI T024356
Date11/08/1990
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Pulmonary Diseases
Term UI T024357
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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