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MeSH Heading: Ascites
Tree Number(s): C23.550.081
Unique ID: D001201
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001201
Annotation: do not index here for routine liver cirrhosis or Ehrlich ascites tumor; text must discuss ascites especially; chylous ascites: index CHYLOPERITONEUM
Scope Note: Accumulation or retention of free fluid within the peritoneal cavity.
NLM Classification #: WI 575
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Ascites MeSH Descriptor Data 2024