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Descriptor English: Agoraphobia
Descriptor Spanish: Agorafobia
Descriptor agorafobia
Entry term(s) fobia a las multitudes
fobia a los espacios abiertos
Scope note: Miedo intenso, obsesivo y persistente a lugares o situaciones de las que escapar podría resultar difícil o embarazoso.
Descriptor Portuguese: Agorafobia
Descriptor French: Agoraphobie
Entry term(s): Agoraphobias
Crowd Phobia
Phobia, Crowd
Phobia, Crowds
Phobia, Open Spaces
Tree number(s): F03.080.725.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000379
Scope note: Obsessive, persistent, intense fear of places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
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
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 90; was see under PHOBIC DISORDERS 1981-89; was see under PHOBIAS 1968-80
History Note: 90(75); was see under PHOBIC DISORDERS 1981-89; was see under PHOBIAS 1968-80
DeCS ID: 383
Unique ID: D000379
NLM Classification: WM 178
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1990/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1997/06/20
Agoraphobia - Preferred
Concept UI M0000579
Scope note Obsessive, persistent, intense fear of places or situations from which escape might be difficult or embarrassing.
Preferred term Agoraphobia
Entry term(s) Agoraphobias
Crowd Phobia
Phobia, Crowd
Phobia, Crowds
Phobia, Open Spaces



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