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Digestive System Diseases > Gastrointestinal Diseases > Gastroenteritis

Preferred term

Gastroenteritis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Scope note

  • INFLAMMATION of any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, HYPERSENSITIVITY, drug effects, and CANCER.

In other languages

  • maha-suolitulehdus

    Finnish

  • gastroenteriitti
  • gastroenteritis
  • maha-suolitulehdus, tarttuvaksi oletettu
  • Mag-tarmkatarr

    Swedish

  • Gastroenterit
  • Mag-tarminflammation
  • Magsjuka

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D005759

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