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Descriptor English:   Supraglottitis 
Descriptor Spanish:   Supraglotitis 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Supraglotite 
Synonyms English:   Supraglottitides  
Tree Number:   C01.748.798
C08.360.840
C08.730.798
C09.400.840
Definition English:   Inflammation of the EPIGLOTTIS and supraglottic structures including the PHARYNX; UVULA; base of tongue; and aryepiglottic folds. It is usually caused by HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE in children but often by different organisms in adults. 
History Note English:   2012 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EM embryology
EN enzymology EP epidemiology
EH ethnology ET etiology
GE genetics HI history
IM immunology ME metabolism
MI microbiology MO mortality
NU nursing PS parasitology
PA pathology PP physiopathology
PC prevention & control PX psychology
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
TM transmission UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   54497 
Unique Identifier:   D059525 

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