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Descriptor English: Incurable Patients
Descriptor Spanish: Pacientes Incurables
Descriptor pacientes incurables
Entry term(s) enfermo incurable
Scope note: Pacientes cuyas dolencias han provocado graves daños tisulares, de forma que la restauración de las condiciones originales es imposible.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pacientes Incuráveis
Descriptor French: Patients Incurables
Entry term(s): Ill, Incurable
Tree number(s): HP2.700
Scope note: Patients whose disease has caused tissue changes of such importance that a return to original conditions is impossible, with the possibility of only palliative treatment.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EP epidemiology
HI history
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
DeCS ID: 26476
Unique ID: DDCS026476
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Incurable Patients - Preferred
Concept UI FD00059119
Scope note Patients whose disease has caused tissue changes of such importance that a return to original conditions is impossible, with the possibility of only palliative treatment.
Preferred term Incurable Patients
Entry term(s) Ill, Incurable



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