| Descriptor English: | Enterohepatic Circulation | ||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Circulación Enterohepática                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Circulação Êntero-Hepática | ||||
| Descriptor French: | Circulation entérohépatique | ||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Circulation, Entero-Hepatic Circulation, Enterohepatic Circulations, Entero-Hepatic Circulations, Enterohepatic Entero Hepatic Circulation Entero-Hepatic Circulation Entero-Hepatic Circulations Enterohepatic Circulations  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        G03.312 | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004764 | ||||
| Scope note: | Recycling through liver by excretion in bile, reabsorption from intestines (INTESTINAL REABSORPTION) into portal circulation, passage back into liver, and re-excretion in bile. | 
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| Annotation: | a metab concept, not a hemodynamic circ concept; bile-to-intestines-to-portal circ-to-liver-to-bile | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        DE                                                            drug effects ES ethics GE genetics IM immunology PH physiology RE radiation effects  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Bile (1966-1974) Bile Acids and Salts (1966-1974) Intestinal Absorption (1966-1974) Intestine, Small (1966-1974) Intestines (1966-1974) Liver (1966-1974) Liver Circulation (1966-1974)  | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 75 | 
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| History Note: | 75 | 
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| Entry Version: | ENTEROHEPATIC CIRC | 
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| DeCS ID: | 4844 | ||||
| Unique ID: | D004764 | ||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||
| Date Established: | 1975/09/01 | ||||
| Date of Entry: | 1974/11/11 | ||||
| Revision Date: | 2016/06/23 | 
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                                        PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES
 
Metabolism [G03]Metabolism 
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                        Enterohepatic Circulation                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0007483 | 
                                
| Scope note | Recycling through liver by excretion in bile, reabsorption from intestines (INTESTINAL REABSORPTION) into portal circulation, passage back into liver, and re-excretion in bile. | 
| Preferred term | Enterohepatic Circulation | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Circulation, Entero-Hepatic                                                 Circulation, Enterohepatic Circulations, Entero-Hepatic Circulations, Enterohepatic Entero Hepatic Circulation Entero-Hepatic Circulation Entero-Hepatic Circulations Enterohepatic Circulations  | 
                                
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