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Preferred term

Fatal Outcome  

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Note

  • never IM; used only for individual fatalities: do not confuse with MORTALITY or /mortal, both epidemiological & statistical concepts, or with DEATH, a physiological process; do not use for animal toxicity studies ( = /toxicity); coordinate with specific disease or procedure with no qualifiers (IM); index CASE REPORTS [Publication Type]

Scope note

  • Death resulting from the presence of a disease in an individual, as shown by a single case report or a limited number of patients. This should be differentiated from DEATH, the physiological cessation of life and from MORTALITY, an epidemiological or statistical concept.

History note

  • 94

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017809

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