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MeSH Heading: Stomatitis, Aphthous
Tree Number(s): C07.465.864.750
Unique ID: D013281
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013281
Annotation: do not confuse entry terms ULCER, APHTHOUS or CANKER SORE with "oral ulcers" ( = ORAL ULCER )
Scope Note: A recurrent disease of the oral mucosa of unknown etiology. It is characterized by small white ulcerative lesions, single or multiple, round or oval. Two to eight crops of lesions occur per year, lasting for 7 to 14 days and then heal without scarring. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p742)
Entry Term(s): Aphthae; Canker Sore; Periadenitis Mucosa Necrotica Recurrens; Ulcer, Aphthous
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

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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: M0020551
Scope Note: A recurrent disease of the oral mucosa of unknown etiology. It is characterized by small white ulcerative lesions, single or multiple, round or oval. Two to eight crops of lesions occur per year, lasting for 7 to 14 days and then heal without scarring. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p742)
Terms: Stomatitis, Aphthous Preferred Term
Term UI T039011
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1965); Canker Sore
Term UI T039010
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Ulcer, Aphthous
Term UI T039012
Date12/15/1978
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Aphthae
Term UI T039009
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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