Diseases

Medically Unexplained Symptoms

Persistent health symptoms which remain unexplained after a complete medical evaluation. A cluster of symptoms that consistently appear together but without a known cause are referred to as a MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYNDROME (MUS).

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Abstract

Persistent health symptoms which remain unexplained after a complete medical evaluation. A cluster of symptoms that consistently appear together but without a known cause are referred to as a MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED SYNDROME (MUS).

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Synonyms

9 entry terms
  • Somatic Symptoms
  • Medically Unexplained Symptom
  • Somatic Symptom
  • Symptom, Medically Unexplained
  • Symptom, Somatic
  • Symptoms, Medically Unexplained
  • Symptoms, Somatic
  • Unexplained Symptom, Medically
  • Unexplained Symptoms, Medically

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History Note

2017

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Previous Indexing

  • Somatoform Disorders (1985-2016)

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Tree Number

  1. C23.888w.541w

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NLM Classification

WB 143

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Medically Unexplained Symptoms. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000071896. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000071896
  2. Medically Unexplained Symptoms. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medically_unexplained_physical_symptoms
  3. Medically Unexplained Symptoms. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6806627