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Descriptor English: therapeutic use
Descriptor Spanish: uso terapéutico
Descriptor uso terapéutico
Scope note: Usado con fármacos, preparaciones biológicas y agentes físicos para su uso en la profilaxis y tratamiento de las enfermedades. Incluye el uso veterinario y experimental en animales.
Descriptor Portuguese: uso terapêutico
Descriptor 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
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
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
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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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