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Descriptor English: Keratectomy
Descriptor Spanish: Queratectomía
Descriptor queratectomía
Entry term(s) queratectomías
Scope note: Escisión quirúrgica de una parte de la CÓRNEA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ceratectomia
Descriptor French: Kératectomie
Entry term(s): Keratectomies
Tree number(s): E04.378
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074431
Scope note: Surgical excision of a part of the CORNEA.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Cornea (1963-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 57187
Unique ID: D000074431
NLM Classification: WW 220
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Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2017/06/20
Keratectomy - Preferred
Concept UI M000626584
Scope note Surgical excision of a part of the CORNEA.
Preferred term Keratectomy
Entry term(s) Keratectomies



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