Disciplines and Occupations

Gastroenterology

A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the physiology and diseases of the digestive system and related structures (esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas).

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A subspecialty of internal medicine concerned with the study of the physiology and diseases of the digestive system and related structures (esophagus, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas).

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1 entry terms
  • Hepatology

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. H02w.403w.429w.405w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gastroenterology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005762. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005762
  2. Gastroenterology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroenterology
  3. Gastroenterology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120569