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MeSH Heading: Autopsy
Tree Number(s): E01.370.060; E05.070; I01.198.780.937.120
Unique ID: D001344
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001344
Annotation: no qualifiers when NIM; not a routine coordinate for postmortem pathology ( = /‌pathol): discussion must be on autopsy as a procedure
Scope Note: Postmortem examination of the body.
Entry Term(s): Autopsies; Post-Mortem Examination; Postmortem Examination
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M0002017
Scope Note: Postmortem examination of the body.
Terms: Autopsy Preferred Term
Term UI T003950
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Autopsies
Term UI T003949
Date03/17/1977
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID BIOETHICS (1989); Post-Mortem Examination
Term UI T785884
Date02/18/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012); Postmortem Examination
Term UI T785885
Date02/18/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2012)

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