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Descriptor English: Contusions
Descriptor Spanish: Contusiones
Descriptor contusiones
Entry term(s) magulladura
Scope note: Lesiones que producen hemorragias, usualmente se manifiestan en la piel.
Descriptor Portuguese: Contusões
Descriptor French: Contusions
Entry term(s): Bruise
Bruises
Contusion
Tree number(s): C26.974.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003288
Scope note: Injuries resulting in hemorrhage, usually manifested in the skin.
Annotation: differentiate from ECCHYMOSIS: use term in the text
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 3307
Unique ID: D003288
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/03/03
Contusions - Preferred
Concept UI M0005130
Scope note Injuries resulting in hemorrhage, usually manifested in the skin.
Preferred term Contusions
Entry term(s) Bruise
Bruises
Contusion



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