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        | Descriptor English: | Immunocompromised Host | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Huésped Inmunocomprometido 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Hospedeiro Imunocomprometido | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Sujet immunodéprimé | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Host, Immunocompromised Host, Immunosuppressed Hosts, Immunocompromised Hosts, Immunosuppressed Immunocompromised Hosts Immunocompromised Patient Immunocompromised Patients Immunosuppressed Host Immunosuppressed Hosts Patient, Immunocompromised Patients, Immunocompromised | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | G12.470 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016867 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A human or animal whose immunologic mechanism is deficient because of an immunodeficiency disorder or other disease or as the result of the administration of immunosuppressive drugs or radiation. | ||||||
| Annotation: | note category: a physiol state in man or animal; coord IM with disease or physiol state complicating the immunocompromised state (IM with /immunol) or with the immunosuppressive agent (IM with pertinent subh) | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | DE                                                            drug effects GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: | Immune Tolerance (1980-1991) Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes (1977-1991) Immunosuppression (1976-1991) | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 92 | ||||||
| History Note: | 92 | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 30040 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D016867 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | QW 504 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1992/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1991/05/02 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2010/06/25 | 
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                | Concept UI | M0025670 | 
| Scope note | A human or animal whose immunologic mechanism is deficient because of an immunodeficiency disorder or other disease or as the result of the administration of immunosuppressive drugs or radiation. | 
| Preferred term | Immunocompromised Host | 
| Entry term(s) | Host, Immunocompromised Host, Immunosuppressed Hosts, Immunocompromised Hosts, Immunosuppressed Immunocompromised Hosts Immunocompromised Patient Immunocompromised Patients Immunosuppressed Host Immunosuppressed Hosts Patient, Immunocompromised Patients, Immunocompromised | 
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