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Descriptor English:   Retreatment 
Descriptor Spanish:   Retratamiento 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Retratamento 
Synonyms English:   Retreatments  
Tree Number:   E02.887
Definition English:   The therapy of the same disease in a patient, with the same agent or procedure repeated after initial treatment, or with an additional or alternate measure or follow-up. It does not include therapy which requires more than one administration of a therapeutic agent or regimen. Retreatment is often used with reference to a different modality when the original one was inadequate, harmful, or unsuccessful. 
Indexing Annotation English:   NIM; coord with specific type of ther (IM) + specific disease /ther (or other ther qualif) (IM)
See Related English:   Reoperation
 
History Note English:   97 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ES ethics
HI history IS instrumentation
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
ST standards SN statistics & numerical data
TD trends VE veterinary
Record Number:   33109 
Unique Identifier:   D019233 

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