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Descriptor English: Acute Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad Aguda
Descriptor enfermedad aguda
Entry term(s) casos agudos
cuadros agudos
dolencias agudas
enfermedades agudas
estados agudos
miasma agudo
Scope note: Enfermedad relativamente grave de corta duración.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença Aguda
Descriptor French: Maladie aigüe
Entry term(s): Acute Diseases
Disease, Acute
Diseases, Acute
Tree number(s): C23.550.291.125
HP1.007.262.808.126
HP2.029.300
HP3.007
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000208
Scope note: Disease having a short and relatively severe course.
Annotation: IM general only; usually NIM with specific disease IM
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
EP epidemiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
TH therapy
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68
Entry Version: ACUTE DIS
DeCS ID: 28561
Unique ID: D000208
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Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/08
Acute Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0000322
Scope note Disease having a short and relatively severe course.
Preferred term Acute Disease
Entry term(s) Acute Diseases
Disease, Acute
Diseases, Acute



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