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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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King's Evil
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Mal del Rey
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Doença de Rei
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Synonyms English:
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Evil, King's
Evil, Kings
Evils, Kings
Kings Evil
Kings Evils
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Tree Number:
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C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.719.500
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Definition English:
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The historic designation for scrofula (TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE). The disease is so called from the belief that it could be healed by the touch of a king. This term is used only for historical articles using the name "king's evil", and is to be differentiated from scrofula as lymph node tuberculosis in modern clinical medicine. (From Webster, 3d ed) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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= scrofula in hist articles only: differentiate from SCROFULA see TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE which is restricted to scrofula in modern clin med
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History Note English:
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95
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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32167
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Unique Identifier:
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D018601
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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