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Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Site > Nervous System Neoplasms

Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Neoplasms

Preferred term

Nervous System Neoplasms

Topical Descriptor

Neoplasms, Nervous System
Nervous System Tumor
Nervous System Tumors
Tumor, Nervous System
Tumors, Nervous System
Tumors of the Nervous System

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with NEOPLASMS, NERVOUS TISSUE (neoplasms composed of nerve tissue); coordinate with histological type of neoplasm

Benign and malignant neoplastic processes arising from or involving components of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, cranial nerves, and meninges. Included in this category are primary and metastatic nervous system neoplasms.

History note

80; was NON MESH before 1980

hermoston kasvaimet

Finnish
hermostokasvaimet
hermoston syövät
hermoston tuumorit
hermostosyövät
hermostotuumorit
määrittämätön hermoston kasvain
Nervsystemets tumörer

Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009423

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