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Phosphates MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Phosphates
Tree Number(s)
D01.029.260.700.675.374
D01.248.497.158.730
D01.695.625.675.650
Unique ID
D010710
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010710
Annotation
PHOSPHATES, ORGANIC see ORGANOPHOSPHATES and POLYPHOSPHATES are also available; /‌blood: consider also HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA; HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA, FAMILIAL or HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; /‌defic: consider also HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA or HYPOPHOSPHATEMIA, FAMILIAL
Scope Note
Inorganic salts of phosphoric acid.
Entry Term(s)
Inorganic Phosphate
Inorganic Phosphates
Orthophosphate
Phosphate
Phosphates, Inorganic
Registry Numbers
0
NK08V8K8HR
Related Numbers
NK08V8K8HR
NLM Classification #
QV 285
See Also
Hyperphosphatemia
Hypophosphatemia
Organophosphates
Phosphorous Acids
Phosphorus
Public MeSH Note
/blood was BLOOD PHOSPHATES 1963-67; PHOSPHATES, INORGANIC was see under PHOSPHATES 1974-76
Online Note
use PHOSPHATES to search BLOOD PHOSPHATES 1966-67 & PHOSPHATES, INORGANIC 1974-76
History Note
/blood was BLOOD PHOSPHATES 1963-67; PHOSPHATES, INORGANIC was see under PHOSPHATES 1974-76
Date Established
1960/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2020/05/27
Phosphates Preferred
Orthophosphate Narrower
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