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MeSH Heading: Hyperesthesia
Tree Number(s): C10.597.751.791.450; C23.888.592.763.770.450
Unique ID: D006941
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006941
Annotation: do not confuse with HYPESTHESIA, diminished sensitivity; coord with TOUCH or HOT TEMPERATURE if pertinent
Scope Note: Increased sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation due to a diminished threshold or an increased response to stimuli.
Entry Term(s): Hyperesthesia, Tactile; Hyperesthesia, Thermal; Hyperesthetic Sensations; Oxyesthesia
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/10

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)

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