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MeSH Heading: Gallstones
Tree Number(s): C06.130.409.633; C06.130.564.332.500; C23.300.175.525
Unique ID: D042882
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D042882
Scope Note: Solid crystalline precipitates in the BILIARY TRACT, usually formed in the GALLBLADDER, resulting in the condition of CHOLELITHIASIS. Gallstones, derived from the BILE, consist mainly of calcium, cholesterol, or bilirubin.
Entry Term(s): Biliary Calculi; Biliary Calculi, Common Bile Duct; Common Bile Duct Calculi; Common Bile Duct Gall Stone; Common Bile Duct Gall Stones; Common Bile Duct Gallstone; Common Bile Duct Gallstones; Gall Stone; Gall Stones; Gall Stones, Common Bile Duct; Gallstone; Gallstones, Common Bile Duct
NLM Classification #: WI 755
Previous Indexing: Cholelithiasis (1965-2003); Common Bile Duct Calculi (1965-2003)
Public MeSH Note: 2004; see CHOLELITHIASIS 1975-2003; for COMMON BILE DUCT CALCULI see COMMON BILE DUCT CALCULI 1963-2003
History Note: 2004; use CHOLELITHIASIS 1975-2003
Date Established: 2004/01/01
Date of Entry: 2003/07/09
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

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)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0004242
Scope Note: Solid crystalline precipitates in the BILIARY TRACT, usually formed in the GALLBLADDER, resulting in the condition of CHOLELITHIASIS. Gallstones, derived from the BILE, consist mainly of calcium, cholesterol, or bilirubin.
Terms: Gallstones Preferred Term
Term UI T008043
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Biliary Calculi
Term UI T008042
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Gall Stone
Term UI T008044
Date07/13/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Gall Stones
Term UI T008045
Date06/07/1988
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Gallstone
Term UI T000998686
Date11/21/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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