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Abstract
A pathological process consisting of hardening or fibrosis of an anatomical structure, often a vessel or a nerve.
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- Scleroses
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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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NIM as pathol process with no qualif: coord with Cat A term /pathol (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sclerosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012598. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012598
- Sclerosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerosis_(medicine)
- Sclerosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140067