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Descriptor English:   Elephantiasis, Filarial 
Descriptor Spanish:   Elefantiasis Filarial 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Elefantíase Filarial 
Synonyms English:   Filarial Elephantiasis
Lymphatic Filariasis
Bancroftian Elephantiasis
Elephantiasis, Bancroftian
Filariasis, Lymphatic  
Tree Number:   C03.335.508.700.750.361.350
C15.604.496.320.350
Definition English:   Parasitic infestation of the human lymphatic system by WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI or BRUGIA MALAYI. It is also called lymphatic filariasis. 
Indexing Annotation English:   specify BRUGIA or species or WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI (IM) if pertinent; drug ther: consider FILARICIDES
History Note English:   91(87); was see under FILARIASIS 1988-90; was see under LYMPHEDEMA 1987 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
blood cerebrospinal fluid
chemically induced classification
congenital complications
diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
ethnology embryology
enzymology epidemiology
etiology genetics
history immunology
metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
therapy transmission
urine ultrasonography
veterinary virology
Record Number:   19159 
Unique Identifier:   D004605 

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