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Descriptor English: Nephrology
Descriptor Spanish: Nefrología
Descriptor nefrología
Scope note: Subespecialidad de la medicina interna que se ocupa de la anatomía, fisiología y patología del riñón.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nefrologia
Descriptor French: Néphrologie
Tree number(s): H02.403.429.580
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009398
Scope note: A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the kidney.
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ED education
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods
OG organization & administration
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
Previous Indexing: Kidney Diseases (1966-1979)
Public MeSH Note: 80
History Note: 80
Entry Version: NEPHROL
Related: Kidney Diseases MeSH
DeCS ID: 9591
Unique ID: D009398
NLM Classification: WJ 21
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1980/01/01
Date of Entry: 1979/05/29
Revision Date: 2009/07/06
Nephrology - Preferred
Concept UI M0014632
Scope note A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the kidney.
Preferred term Nephrology



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