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Abstract
Pathological processes in the SIGMOID COLON region of the large intestine (INTESTINE, LARGE).
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- Sigmoid Colon Diseases
- Colon Disease, Sigmoid
- Colon Diseases, Sigmoid
- Disease, Sigmoid
- Disease, Sigmoid Colon
- Diseases, Sigmoid
- Diseases, Sigmoid Colon
- Sigmoid Colon Disease
- Sigmoid Disease
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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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inflamm dis: coord IM with COLITIS (NIM) but note PROCTOSIGMOIDITIS see PROCTOCOLITIS & RECTOSIGMOIDITIS see PROCTOCOLITIS; diverticula & diverticulosis: coord IM with DIVERTICULUM, COLON (IM); diverticulitis: coord IM with DIVERTICULITIS, COLONIC (IM)
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- Colonic Diseases (1966-1979)
- Sigmoid (1966-1979)
- specific colonic disease
- specific intestinal disease
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sigmoid Diseases. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012810. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012810
- Sigmoid Diseases. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554932