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Descriptor English: Pancreas, Artificial
Descriptor Spanish: Páncreas Artificial
Descriptor páncreas artificial
Scope note: Dispositivos para simular la actividad del páncreas. Pueden ser electromecánicos, constituidos por un sensor de glucosa, un computador y una bomba de insulina, o bioartificiales, constituidos por islotes de Langerhans aislados en una membrana artificial.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pâncreas Artificial
Descriptor French: Pancréas artificiel
Entry term(s): Artificial Pancreas
Tree number(s): E07.858.082.760
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019397
Scope note: Devices for simulating the activity of the pancreas. They can be either electromechanical, consisting of a glucose sensor, computer, and insulin pump or bioartificial, consisting of isolated islets of Langerhans in an artificial membrane.
Annotation: device simulating pancreas activity
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
MI microbiology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
SD supply & distribution
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Artificial Organs (1972-1996)
Public MeSH Note: 97
History Note: 97
DeCS ID: 33138
Unique ID: D019397
NLM Classification: WI 830
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Date Established: 1997/01/01
Date of Entry: 1996/06/10
Pancreas, Artificial - Preferred
Concept UI M0028861
Scope note Devices for simulating the activity of the pancreas. They can be either electromechanical, consisting of a glucose sensor, computer, and insulin pump or bioartificial, consisting of isolated islets of Langerhans in an artificial membrane.
Preferred term Pancreas, Artificial
Entry term(s) Artificial Pancreas



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