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Factor XIII Deficiency see related Factor XIIIa
Or between an organ and a physiological process :
Bone and Bones see related Osteogenesis
Or between an organ and a drug acting on it :
Bronchi see related Bronchoconstrictor Agents
Or between an organ and a procedure:
Bile Ducts see related Cholangiography
In the MeSH Browser the See Related reference is displayed as See Also, and is the <SeeRelatedDescriptor> element in XML MeSH. For further discussion see Relationships in Medical Subject Headings.
2.2 Consider Also
Reference to other Descriptors having related linguistic roots, for example:
Brain consider also terms at CEREBR- and ENCEPHAL-.
The Consider Also reference is used is primarily with anatomical Descriptors to refer to groups of Descriptors beginning with a common stem rather than to a single Descriptor. In the MeSH Browser the reference is displayed as Consider Also, and as the <ConsiderAlso> element in XML MeSH.
2.3 Entry Combination
In some NLM systems using MeSH, certain Descriptor/Qualifier combinations are prohibited by a special MeSH data element called the <EntryCombination> in XML MeSH, and Entry Combination in the MeSH Browser. For example, the Descriptor Accidents cannot be used with the Qualifier prevention & control, but instead of this combination, the Descriptor Accident Prevention should be used.
2.4 MeSH Tree Structures
In some thesauri the function cross references to broader and narrower terms is comparable to the hierarchical relationships in the MeSH Tree Structures, though hierarchies enable multiple levels of specificity, as do the MeSH Trees. These relationships are displayed graphically in the MeSH Browser and the online MeSH Tree Structures. The Trees data are also used by PubMed for the default behavior of inclusive searching. The Trees data in XML MeSH are to be found in the TreeNumber element.
Last updated: 08 October 2007
First published: 08 October 2007
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