Datatypes

MeSH descriptor ID

ID mesh_descriptor_id

DatatypeNot PIIcategoricalDraft

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Unique identifier of a descriptor (D and six or nine digits) or supplementary concept record (C and six or nine digits) in Medical Subject Headings, the US National Library of Medicine thesaurus used to index PubMed.

Categories
Medical/pharma identifiers, Scientific
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Bioregistry
mesh
Wikidata
P486
Quality
80/100 · missing: negative example, translation, detector coverage
Metacrafter rules
no detection rule yet
Supported by tools
no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^[CD]\d{6}(?:\d{3})?$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
C004931DPPH
D008180systemic lupus erythematosus
D014583Uruguay

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