"Diagnosis, Differential" 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.
Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures.
| Descriptor ID |
D003937
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.171
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Diagnosis, Differential".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Diagnosis, Differential".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in this website by year, and whether "Diagnosis, Differential" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| 1996 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 1997 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1998 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| 1999 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| 2000 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 2001 | 0 | 39 | 39 |
| 2002 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2003 | 0 | 33 | 33 |
| 2004 | 0 | 38 | 38 |
| 2005 | 0 | 46 | 46 |
| 2006 | 0 | 64 | 64 |
| 2007 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2008 | 0 | 35 | 35 |
| 2009 | 0 | 41 | 41 |
| 2010 | 1 | 42 | 43 |
| 2011 | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 2012 | 3 | 47 | 50 |
| 2013 | 3 | 47 | 50 |
| 2014 | 0 | 48 | 48 |
| 2015 | 0 | 50 | 50 |
| 2016 | 0 | 40 | 40 |
| 2017 | 0 | 45 | 45 |
| 2018 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 2019 | 1 | 48 | 49 |
| 2020 | 1 | 30 | 31 |
| 2021 | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| 2022 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2025 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
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Sweet's syndrome as a presenting symptom of granulomatosis with polyangiitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2025 May 26; 18(5).
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Clinical Reasoning: A 57-Year-Old Man With Chronic Gait Unsteadiness and Diminished Lower Extremity Sensation. Neurology. 2025 Jun 24; 104(12):e213713.
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The reverse halo sign in emergency chest CT: A diagnostic guide across diverse pulmonary conditions. Emerg Radiol. 2025 Jun; 32(3):435-445.
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High Diagnostic Yield of Fine Needle Biopsy for Pancreatic Serous Cystadenomas-A Multicenter Study. Pancreas. 2025 Apr 01; 54(4):e349-e352.
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An Approach to the Bone Marrow Workup and Diagnosis of Eosinophilia and Mast Cell Disorders. Adv Anat Pathol. 2025 Jul 01; 32(4):259-271.
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Allodynia: A Review Article. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2025 Feb 18; 29(1):49.
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A 26-Year-Old Woman with Postpartum Abdominal Pain. NEJM Evid. 2025 Feb; 4(2):EVIDmr2400398.
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A 68-Year-Old Woman With a Rapidly Reaccumulating Pleural Effusion. Chest. 2024 Dec; 166(6):e191-e195.
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Clinical Reasoning: A 65-Year-Old Woman With Isolated Macroglossia as the Initial Presentation of a Rare Disease. Neurology. 2024 Dec 24; 103(12):e210070.
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Imaging of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension. Radiol Clin North Am. 2025 Mar; 63(2):223-234.