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Descriptor English:	Organ Preservation
Descriptor Spanish:	Preservación de Órganos
Descriptor Portuguese:	Preservação de Órgãos
Descriptor French:	Conservation d'organe
Entry term(s):	Organ Preservations Preservation, Organ Preservations, Organ
Tree number(s):	E02.792.833.660 E05.760.833.660
RDF Unique Identifier:	https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009926
Scope note:	The process by which organs are kept viable outside of the organism from which they were removed (i.e., kept from decay by means of a chemical agent, cooling, or a fluid substitute that mimics the natural state within the organism).
Annotation:	cryopreservation of organ: coord IM with organ (no qualif) + CRYOPRESERVATION
Allowable Qualifiers:	AE adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation MO mortality MT methods NU nursing PX psychology SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note:	84; was see under TISSUE PRESERVATION 1970-83
Online Note:	search TISSUE PRESERVATION 1969-74
History Note:	84(75); was see under TISSUE PRESERVATION 1969-83
Related:	Tissue and Organ Harvesting MeSH
DeCS ID:	10105
Unique ID:	D009926
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):	Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established:	1984/01/01
Date of Entry:	1999/01/01
Revision Date:	2011/06/24

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Organ Preservation - Preferred

Concept UI	M0015392
Scope note	The process by which organs are kept viable outside of the organism from which they were removed (i.e., kept from decay by means of a chemical agent, cooling, or a fluid substitute that mimics the natural state within the organism).
Preferred term	Organ Preservation
Entry term(s)	Organ Preservations Preservation, Organ Preservations, Organ

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