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MeSH Heading: Guinea
Tree Number(s): Z01.058.290.190.375
Unique ID: D016701
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016701
Annotation: entry term FRENCH GUINEA was its former name; do not confuse with GUINEA-BISSAU (formerly Portuguese Guinea) or EQUATORIAL GUINEA (formerly Spanish Guinea); do not confuse with GUYANA in South America
Scope Note: A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and MALI, east of GUINEA-BISSAU. Its capital is Conakry.
Entry Term(s): French Guinea; Guinea, French; Guinea, Republic of; Republic of Guinea
Previous Indexing: Africa, Western (1966-1991)
History Note: 92; was REPUBLIC OF GUINEA see AFRICA, WESTERN 1988-91; was see GUINEA-BISSAU 1980-82; was heading 1966-79
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/02/11
Revision Date: 2008/07/08

Concept UI: M0025439
Scope Note: A republic in western Africa, south of SENEGAL and MALI, east of GUINEA-BISSAU. Its capital is Conakry.
Terms: Guinea Preferred Term
Term UI T050047
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID; French Guinea
Term UI T050049
Date12/03/1990
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Guinea, French
Term UI T050050
Date12/31/1990
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Guinea, Republic of
Term UI T050048
Date12/03/1990
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (1992); Republic of Guinea
Term UI T716941
Date03/27/2008
LexicalTag NAM
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

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