Diseases

Gastroenteritis

INFLAMMATION of any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, HYPERSENSITIVITY, drug effects, and CANCER.

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INFLAMMATION of any segment of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT from ESOPHAGUS to RECTUM. Causes of gastroenteritis are many including genetic, infection, HYPERSENSITIVITY, drug effects, and CANCER.

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  • Gastroenteritides

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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

  1. National Library of Medicine. Gastroenteritis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005759. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005759
  2. Gastroenteritis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroenteritis
  3. Gastroenteritis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q156103