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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Estimulación Eléctrica Transcutánea del Nervio
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Estimulação Elétrica Nervosa Transcutânea
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Synonyms English:
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Analgesic Cutaneous Electrostimulation
Electric Stimulation, Transcutaneous
Electroanalgesia
Percutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation
TENS
Transdermal Electrostimulation
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Tree Number:
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E02.342.800
E02.779.468.800
E03.091.823
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Definition English:
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The use of specifically placed small electrodes to deliver electrical impulses across the SKIN to relieve PAIN. It is used less frequently to produce ANESTHESIA. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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do not confuse with ELECTRONARCOSIS
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History Note English:
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90; was ELECTROANALGESIA see under ELECTROTHERAPY 1984-89
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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28246
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Unique Identifier:
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D004561
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