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Embolism

"Embolism" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Blocking of a blood vessel by an embolus which can be a blood clot or other undissolved material in the blood stream.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Embolism" by people in this website by year, and whether "Embolism" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 22 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2006
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