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Abstract
Disorder characterized by a wide range of structural changes in PERITONEUM, resulting from fibrogenic or inflammatory processes. Peritoneal fibrosis is a common complication in patients receiving PERITONEAL DIALYSIS and contributes to its gradual decrease in efficiency.
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19 entry terms
- Peritoneal Fibrosing Syndrome
- Fibroses, Peritoneal
- Fibrosing Syndrome, Peritoneal
- Fibrosing Syndromes, Peritoneal
- Fibrosis, Peritoneal
- Peritoneal Fibroses
- Peritoneal Fibrosing Syndromes
- Syndrome, Peritoneal Fibrosing
- Syndromes, Peritoneal Fibrosing
- Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis
- Peritoneal Sclerosis
- Encapsulating Peritoneal Scleroses
- Peritoneal Scleroses
- Peritoneal Scleroses, Encapsulating
- Peritoneal Sclerosis, Encapsulating
- Scleroses, Encapsulating Peritoneal
- Scleroses, Peritoneal
- Sclerosis, Encapsulating Peritoneal
- Sclerosis, Peritoneal
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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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History Note
2010
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- Peritoneal Dialysis (1981-2009)
- Peritoneal Diseases (1964-2009)
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- National Library of Medicine. Peritoneal Fibrosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056627. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056627
- Peritoneal Fibrosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26805194