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Descriptor English: Enuresis
Descriptor Spanish: Enuresis
Descriptor enuresis
Scope note: Emisión involuntaria de ORINA después de la edad del control urinario COMPLETO. Esto puede ocurrir durante el día, mientras se está despierto (ENURESIS DIURNA), o durante el sueño (ENURESIS NOCTURNA). La enuresis se puede presentar en niños y en adultos (como enuresis primaria persistente y COMO enuresis secundaria de inicio en el adulto).
Descriptor Portuguese: Enurese
Descriptor French: Énurésie
Tree number(s): C12.050.351.968.934.252
C12.200.777.934.284
C12.950.934.252
F01.145.126.856
F03.388.400
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004775
Scope note: Involuntary discharge of URINE after expected age of completed development of urinary control. This can happen during the daytime (DIURNAL ENURESIS) while one is awake or during sleep (NOCTURNAL ENURESIS). Enuresis can be in children or in adults (as persistent primary enuresis and secondary adult-onset enuresis).
Annotation: general; prefer specifics
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 4855
Unique ID: D004775
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/07/06
Enuresis - Preferred
Concept UI M0007497
Scope note Involuntary discharge of URINE after expected age of completed development of urinary control. This can happen during the daytime (DIURNAL ENURESIS) while one is awake or during sleep (NOCTURNAL ENURESIS). Enuresis can be in children or in adults (as persistent primary enuresis and secondary adult-onset enuresis).
Preferred term Enuresis



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