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Descriptor English: Laboratory Test
Descriptor Spanish: Prueba de Laboratorio
Descriptor Prueba de laboratorio
Scope note: Pruebas realizadas en un laboratorio para estudiar muestras de sangre, orina o tejidos corporales. Un auxiliar de laboratorio o un médico analizan las muestras a examen para comprobar si los resultados se encuentras dentro los límites normales para el sexo, edad, raza e ingesta de comida entre otros factores. (Traducción libre del original: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/laboratorytests.html, accessed Sep 18, 2012).
Descriptor Portuguese: Testes Laboratoriais
Descriptor French: Analyse de Laboratoire
Tree number(s): SP4.202.660.820
Scope note: Tests performed in a laboratory that check samples of blood, urine or tissue form the body. A technician or a physician analyzes the test samples to check if results fall within the normal range based on sex, age and race, food intake, among other factors. (Free adaptation from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/laboratorytests.html, accessed Sep 18, 2012)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Clinical Chemistry Tests MeSH
Clinical Laboratory Techniques MeSH
DeCS ID: 51711
Unique ID: DDCS051711
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Laboratory Test - Preferred
Concept UI FD00061844
Scope note Tests performed in a laboratory that check samples of blood, urine or tissue form the body. A technician or a physician analyzes the test samples to check if results fall within the normal range based on sex, age and race, food intake, among other factors. (Free adaptation from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/laboratorytests.html, accessed Sep 18, 2012)
Preferred term Laboratory Test



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