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An INFLAMMATION of the MUCOSA with burning or tingling sensation. It is characterized by atrophy of the squamous EPITHELIUM, vascular damage, inflammatory infiltration, and ulceration. It usually occurs at the mucous lining of the MOUTH, the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT or the airway due to chemical irritations, CHEMOTHERAPY, or radiation therapy (RADIOTHERAPY).
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- Mucositides
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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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2006
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- Mucous Membrane (1967-2005)
- Stomatitis (1979-2005)
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- National Library of Medicine. Mucositis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052016. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052016
- Mucositis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucositis
- Mucositis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6931269