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Descriptor English: Cranial Irradiation
Descriptor Spanish: Irradiación Craneana
Descriptor irradiación craneal
Scope note: Exposición de la cabeza a rayos roentgen u otras formas de radioactividad, con fines terapéuticos o preventivos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Irradiação Craniana
Descriptor French: Irradiation crânienne
Entry term(s): Cranial Irradiations
Irradiation, Cranial
Irradiations, Cranial
Tree number(s): E02.815.190
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016371
Scope note: The exposure of the head to roentgen rays or other forms of radioactivity for therapeutic or preventive purposes.
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: 91
History Note: 91
Related: Pituitary Irradiation MeSH
DeCS ID: 28900
Unique ID: D016371
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/05/25
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Cranial Irradiation - Preferred
Concept UI M0025049
Scope note The exposure of the head to roentgen rays or other forms of radioactivity for therapeutic or preventive purposes.
Preferred term Cranial Irradiation
Entry term(s) Cranial Irradiations
Irradiation, Cranial
Irradiations, Cranial



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