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Descriptor English: Gingival Hyperplasia
Descriptor Spanish: Hiperplasia Gingival
Descriptor hiperplasia gingival
Scope note: Agrandamiento no inflamatorio de la región gingival producido por factores distintos de la irritación local. Es debido, característicamente, a incremento del número de células. (Jablonski s Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p400)
Descriptor Portuguese: Hiperplasia Gengival
Descriptor French: Hyperplasie gingivale
Entry term(s): Gingival Hyperplasias
Hyperplasia, Gingival
Hyperplasias, Gingival
Tree number(s): C07.465.714.258.428.250
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005885
Scope note: Non-inflammatory enlargement of the gingivae produced by factors other than local irritation. It is characteristically due to an increase in the number of cells. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p400)
Annotation: differentiate from GINGIVAL HYPERTROPHY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
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
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65
DeCS ID: 6024
Unique ID: D005885
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1996/06/10
Gingival Hyperplasia - Preferred
Concept UI M0009238
Scope note Non-inflammatory enlargement of the gingivae produced by factors other than local irritation. It is characteristically due to an increase in the number of cells. (From Jablonski's Dictionary of Dentistry, 1992, p400)
Preferred term Gingival Hyperplasia
Entry term(s) Gingival Hyperplasias
Hyperplasia, Gingival
Hyperplasias, Gingival



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