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therapy MeSH Qualifier Data 2025


MeSH Qualifier
therapy
Unique ID
Q000628
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/Q000628
Annotation
subhead only; for general or unspecified therapy & multiple therapies; for tissue therapy & therapy with biological products; not for drug therapy ( =/drug therapy), nor for diet therapy ( = /‌diet therapy), nor for surgical therapy ( = /‌surgery), nor for radiotherapy ( = /‌radiotherapy), nor for rehabilitative therapy ( = /‌rehabilitation); indexing policy: Manual 19.8.72; DF: /‌ther or /TH
Scope Note
Used with diseases for therapeutic interventions except drug therapy, diet therapy, radiotherapy, and surgery, for which specific subheadings exist. The concept is also used for articles and books dealing with multiple therapies.
Entry Version
THER
Abbreviation
TH
Entry Term(s)
disease management
treatment
Online Note
search policy: Online Manual; use: main heading/TH or TH (SH) or SUBS APPLY TH
History Note
66; used with Category C & F 1966-74; C & F3 1975-87; C, F3 & SMOKING 1988; C, F3 & SMOKING+ 1989; C & F3 1990 forward
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1973/12/27
Revision Date
2003/07/22
therapy Preferred
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