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A generic term for any circumscribed mass of foreign (e.g., lead or viruses) or metabolically inactive materials (e.g., ceroid or MALLORY BODIES), within the cytoplasm or nucleus of a cell. Inclusion bodies are in cells infected with certain filtrable viruses, observed especially in nerve, epithelial, or endothelial cells. (Stedman, 25th ed)
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- Cellular Inclusions
- Bodies, Inclusion
- Body, Inclusion
- Cellular Inclusion
- Inclusion Body
- Inclusion, Cellular
- Inclusions, Cellular
- Cytoplasmic Inclusions
- Cytoplasmic Inclusion
- Inclusion, Cytoplasmic
- Inclusions, Cytoplasmic
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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
for bacteria, coordinate IM with specific bacterium (IM); for viruses, INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL is available
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History Note
94; was CELLULAR INCLUSIONS 1970-93 (Prov 1970-71); INCLUSION BODIES was see CELLULAR INCLUSIONS 1972-93
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Previous Indexing
- Cytoplasmic Granules (1966-1969)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Inclusion Bodies. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002479. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002479
- Inclusion Bodies. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion_bodies
- Inclusion Bodies. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1308970