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Descriptor English:   Disease Progression 
Descriptor Spanish:   Progresión de Enfermedad 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Avanço da Doença 
Tree Number:   C23.550.291.656
Definition English:   The worsening of a disease over time. This concept is most often used for chronic and incurable diseases where the stage of the disease is an important determinant of therapy and prognosis. 
Indexing Annotation English:   almost never IM; coord NIM with specific disease (IM); since most dis "progress" unless arrested spontaneously, by med intervention or death, do not index here at all unless particularly discussed as a stage in determ of progn or ther; no qualif; DF: DIS PROGRESSION
History Note English:   95 
Record Number:   32285 
Unique Identifier:   D018450 

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