| Qualifier English: | therapeutic use |
| Qualifier Spanish: | uso terapéutico |
| Qualifier Portuguese: | uso terapêutico |
| Qualifier French: | usage thérapeutique |
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000627 |
| Scope note: | Used with drugs, biological preparations, and physical agents for their use in the prophylaxis and treatment of disease. It includes veterinary use. |
| Annotation: | subhead only; for treatment or preventive use of drugs or physical agents in clinical or experimental human or animal disease; indexing policy: Manual 19.8.71; DF: /ther use or /TU |
| Online Note: | search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/TU or TU (SH) or SUBS APPLY TU |
| History Note: | 66; used with Category D 1966; D & H 1967-89; D 1990 forward |
| Entry Version: | THER USE |
| Abbreviation: | TU |
| DeCS ID: | 22073 |
| Unique ID: | Q000627 |
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents |
| Date Established: | 1966/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1973/12/27 |
| Revision Date: | 2004/07/13 |
therapeutic use
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0030820 |
| Scope note | Used with drugs, biological preparations, and physical agents for their use in the prophylaxis and treatment of disease. It includes veterinary use. |
| Preferred term | therapeutic use |
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