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MeSH Heading: Sigmoidoscopy
Tree Number(s): E01.370.372.250.250.200.700; E01.370.388.250.250.250.160.800; E04.210.240.250.160.800; E04.502.250.250.250.160.800
Unique ID: D012812
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012812
Annotation: / instrum permitted but consider also SIGMOIDOSCOPES
Scope Note: Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the sigmoid flexure.
Entry Term(s): Proctosigmoidoscopy; Sigmoidoscopic Surgery; Sigmoidoscopic Surgical Procedures; Surgery, Sigmoidoscopic; Surgical Procedures, Sigmoidoscopic
NLM Classification #: WI 620
See Also: Sigmoidoscopes
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

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Concept UI: M0333404
Terms: Sigmoidoscopic Surgical Procedures Preferred Term
Term UI T365200
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Surgery, Sigmoidoscopic
Term UI T365203
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Surgical Procedures, Sigmoidoscopic
Term UI T365201
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Sigmoidoscopic Surgery
Term UI T365202
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000)

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