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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Disease Attributes > Disease Progression

Preferred term

Disease Progression  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Clinical Course
  • Disease Exacerbation
  • Exacerbation, Disease

Scope note

  • The worsening and general progression of a disease over time. This concept is most often used for chronic and incurable diseases where the stage of the disease is an important determinant of therapy and prognosis.

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • sairauden eteneminen

    Finnish

  • sairauden kulku
  • sairauden progressio
  • sairaudenkulku
  • taudin eteneminen
  • taudin kulku
  • taudin proressio
  • taudinkulku
  • Sjukdomsförlopp

    Swedish

  • Förvärring av sjukdom
  • Sjukdomsförvärring
  • Sjukdomsprogression

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018450

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