"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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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 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 1996 | 0 | 30 | 30 |
| 1997 | 0 | 46 | 46 |
| 1998 | 0 | 43 | 43 |
| 1999 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2000 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2001 | 0 | 49 | 49 |
| 2002 | 0 | 61 | 61 |
| 2003 | 0 | 75 | 75 |
| 2004 | 0 | 63 | 63 |
| 2005 | 0 | 73 | 73 |
| 2006 | 0 | 101 | 101 |
| 2007 | 1 | 88 | 89 |
| 2008 | 0 | 81 | 81 |
| 2009 | 0 | 76 | 76 |
| 2010 | 1 | 68 | 69 |
| 2011 | 0 | 85 | 85 |
| 2012 | 0 | 72 | 72 |
| 2013 | 0 | 44 | 44 |
| 2014 | 1 | 71 | 72 |
| 2015 | 0 | 67 | 67 |
| 2016 | 1 | 46 | 47 |
| 2017 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| 2018 | 1 | 37 | 38 |
| 2019 | 0 | 52 | 52 |
| 2020 | 0 | 36 | 36 |
| 2021 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2022 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
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Parikh SK. Acute Headache Diagnosis and Management. Med Clin North Am. 2025 Mar; 109(2):529-541.
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Patel DD, Fenton LZ, Lamture S, Kandula V. Pediatric Meningeal Diseases: What Radiologists Need to Know. Tomography. 2024 Dec 08; 10(12):1970-2013.
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Ayub M, Kaminoff L, Maity A, Ali Z. Detailed primary localised cutaneous nodular amyloidosis clinical and pathological workup. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Nov 12; 17(11).
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Morrison WB, Deely D, Fox MG, Blankenbaker DG, Dodds JA, French CN, Frick MA, Jawetz ST, Khurana B, Kresin M, Nacey N, Reitman C, Said N, Stensby JD, Walker EA, Chang EY. ACR Appropriateness Criteria? Stress (Fatigue-Insufficiency) Fracture Including Sacrum Excluding Other Vertebrae: 2024 Update. J Am Coll Radiol. 2024 Nov; 21(11S):S490-S503.
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Shieh D, Paul SK, Beckman M, Kurup SK, Dunn JP. Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Retina. 2024 Oct 01; 44(10):1845-1850.
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Ajmal N, Deng Y, Kenyon LC, Curtis MT, Dispagna M, Izes J, Li L. Metastatic prostate adenocarcinoma to the brain - a clinicopathologic analysis of 21 cases. Diagn Pathol. 2024 Oct 01; 19(1):132.
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Garza-B?ez P, Allison SJ, Nazarian LN. Approach to Evaluating Superficial Soft Tissue Masses by Ultrasound. Radiol Clin North Am. 2025 Jan; 63(1):109-122.
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Koyya SS, Gupta RK, Sharma A, Pati S. Extraconal orbital craniopharyngioma. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Aug 19; 17(8).
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Burgei J, Alsheimer KM, Lantry J, Hehn B. Mediastinal lymphadenopathy due to VEXAS syndrome. BMJ Case Rep. 2024 Aug 08; 17(8).
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Yeu E, Garg S, Ayres BD, Beckman K, Chamberlain W, Lee B, Raju L, Rao N, Rocha KM, Schallhorn J, Zavodni Z, Mah FS, Farid M. Current state and future perspectives in the diagnosis of eyelid margin disease: clinical review. J Cataract Refract Surg. 2024 Aug 01; 50(8):868-875.