Diseases

Intestinal Polyposis

The growth of INTESTINAL POLYPS. Growth processes include neoplastic (ADENOMA and CARCINOMA) and non-neoplastic (hyperplastic, mucosal, inflammatory, and other polyps).

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Abstract

The growth of INTESTINAL POLYPS. Growth processes include neoplastic (ADENOMA and CARCINOMA) and non-neoplastic (hyperplastic, mucosal, inflammatory, and other polyps).

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  • Polyposis, Intestinal

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Aspects Covered

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

INTESTINAL POLYPS is also available; familial: consider also ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI

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History Note

2004; use INTESTINAL POLYPS 1996-2003; for CRONKHITE-CANADA SYNDROME use CHURG-STRAUSS SYNDROME 1992-1995

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Previous Indexing

  • Intestinal Polyps (1973-2003)
  • Polyps (1966-1973)

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WI 430

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intestinal Polyposis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D044483. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D044483
  2. Intestinal Polyposis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intestinal_polyposis
  3. Intestinal Polyposis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131582551