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Abstract
Injuries resulting in hemorrhage, usually manifested in the skin.
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- Bruise
- Bruises
- Contusion
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Contusions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003288. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003288
- Contusions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruise
- Contusions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q574491