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Descriptor English: Geriatrics
Descriptor Spanish: Geriatría
Descriptor geriatría
Entry term(s) gerontología
Scope note: Rama de la medicina que se ocupa de los aspectos fisiológicos y patológicos de las personas de edad avanzada, que incluyen los problemas clínicos de la senescencia y la senilidad.
Descriptor Portuguese: Geriatria
Descriptor French: Gériatrie
Entry term(s): Gérontologie
Tree number(s): H02.403.355
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005853
Scope note: The branch of medicine concerned with the physiological and pathological aspects of the aged, including the clinical problems of senescence and senility.
Annotation: specialty; when permitted for "geriatric diseases": Manual 28.9.1
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC économie
ED enseignement et éducation
ES éthique
HI histoire
IS instrumentation
LJ législation et jurisprudence
MT méthodes
OG organisation et administration
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
Related: Sujet âgé MeSH
DeCS ID: 5993
Unique ID: D005853
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Gériatrie - Preferred
Concept UI M0009197
Preferred term Gériatrie
Gérontologie - Broader
Concept UI M0009198
Preferred term Gérontologie



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