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Qualifier English:

blood

Qualifier Spanish:

sangre

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	sangre
Scope note:	Usado para la presencia o análisis de sustancias en la sangre. Usado también para el examen de la sangre y sus alteraciones en condiciones patológicas. Excluye el serodiagnóstico, para el que usa el calificador "/diagnóstico" y la serología, para la que se usa /inmunología.

Qualifier Portuguese:

sangue

Qualifier French:

sang

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000097

Scope note:

Used for the presence or analysis of substances in the blood; also for examination of, or changes in, the blood in disease states. It excludes serodiagnosis, for which the subheading "diagnosis" is used, and serology, for which "immunology" is used.

Annotation:

subhead only; for "in blood" or "blood in" animals or diseases; includes the presence of cells, coagulating elements, endogenous & exogenous chemical substances; not for "serology" ( = /immunology), nor for "serodiagnosis" ( = /diagnosis), nor for the presence of microbes or parasites in the blood in disease ( = /microbiology or /parasitology); see MeSH scope note in Introduction; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.10; DF: /blood or /BL

Allowable Qualifiers:

No qualifiers

Online Note:

search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/BL or BL (SH) or SUBS APPLY BL

History Note:

67; used with Category C, D & F 1967-74; B2, C, D, F3 1975-86; B2, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+ & PUERPERIUM+ 1987; B2, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+, PUERPERIUM+ & SMOKING 1988; B2, C, D, F3, AGING, CLIMACTERIC+, INFANT, NEWBORN+, PREGNANCY+, PREGNANCY, ANIMAL+, PUBERTY+, PUERPERIUM+ & SMOKING+ 1989; B2, C, D1-24 & F3 1990 forward

Entry Version:

BLOOD

Abbreviation:

DeCS ID:

22062

Unique ID:

Q000097

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1967/01/01

Date of Entry:

1973/12/27

Revision Date:

2003/07/22

blood - Preferred

Concept UI	M0030288
Scope note	Used for the presence or analysis of substances in the blood; also for examination of, or changes in, the blood in disease states. It excludes serodiagnosis, for which the subheading "diagnosis" is used, and serology, for which "immunology" is used.
Preferred term	blood

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