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Descriptor English:   Hyperthermia, Induced 
Descriptor Spanish:   Hipertermia Inducida 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Hipertermia Induzida 
Synonyms English:   Fever Therapy
Hyperthermia, Local
Hyperthermia, Therapeutic
Thermotherapy  
Tree Number:   E02.565
E02.779.496
Definition English:   Abnormally high temperature intentionally induced in living things regionally or whole body. It is most often induced by radiation (heat waves, infra-red), ultrasound, or drugs. 
Indexing Annotation English:   differentiate X ref FEVER THERAPY from FEVER /ther ( = treatment of fever); coord IM with disease /ther (IM); do not index under specific type of induction unless the point of the article & then probably only NIM
See Related English:   Hot Temperature
 
History Note English:   84; was FEVER THERAPY 1963-83 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   7158 
Unique Identifier:   D006979 

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