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MeSH Heading: Pruritus
Tree Number(s): C17.800.685; C23.888.885.625
Unique ID: D011537
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011537
Annotation: /drug ther: consider also ANTIPRURITICS
Scope Note: An intense itching sensation that produces the urge to rub or scratch the skin to obtain relief.
Entry Term(s): Itching; Pruritis
NLM Classification #: WR 282
See Also: Antipruritics
Date Established: 1966/01/01
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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