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Descriptor English: Liver Diseases
Descriptor Spanish: Hepatopatías
Descriptor enfermedades hepáticas
Entry term(s) enfermedades del hígado
hepatopatías
Scope note: Procesos patológicos del HÍGADO.
Descriptor Portuguese: Hepatopatias
Descriptor French: Maladies du foie
Entry term(s): Disease, Liver
Diseases, Liver
Dysfunction, Liver
Dysfunctions, Liver
Liver Disease
Liver Dysfunction
Liver Dysfunctions
Tree number(s): C06.552
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008107
Scope note: Pathological processes of the LIVER.
Annotation: general; prefer specifics; inflammatory disease = HEPATITIS & its specifics; specialty is HEPATOLOGY see GASTROENTEROLOGY; be careful: do not confuse "hepatic disease" with "intrahepatic disease": "intrahepatic disease" may refer to BILE DUCT DISEASES with regard to BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC, not LIVER DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
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
Entry Combination: chemically induced:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury
Public MeSH Note: ACUTE YELLOW ATROPHY was heading 1963-96
History Note: ACUTE YELLOW ATROPHY was heading 1963-96
Entry Version: LIVER DIS
DeCS ID: 8281
Unique ID: D008107
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/07/18
Liver Diseases - Preferred
Concept UI M0012644
Scope note Pathological processes of the LIVER.
Preferred term Liver Diseases
Entry term(s) Disease, Liver
Diseases, Liver
Liver Disease
Liver Dysfunction - Narrower
Concept UI M0012645
Preferred term Liver Dysfunction
Entry term(s) Dysfunction, Liver
Dysfunctions, Liver
Liver Dysfunctions



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