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MeSH Heading: Fibrosis
Tree Number(s): C23.550.355
Unique ID: D005355
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005355
Annotation: NIM only as pathol process with no qualif: coord with Cat A term /‌pathol (IM); several specific fibrosis terms are also available
Scope Note: Any pathological condition where fibrous connective tissue invades any organ, usually as a consequence of inflammation or other injury.
Entry Term(s): Cirrhosis
Previous Indexing: specific organ/pathology (1966-1986)
Public MeSH Note: 87
History Note: 87
Date Introduced: 1987/01/01
Last Updated: 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)

Fibrosis MeSH Descriptor Data 2026