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Descriptor English:   Pica 
Descriptor Spanish:   Pica 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Pica 
Synonyms English:   Geophagia  
Tree Number:   F03.400.875
Definition English:   The persistent eating of nonnutritive substances for a period of at least one month. (DSM-IV
History Note English:   72(68) 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications DI diagnosis
DH diet therapy DT drug therapy
EC economics EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
US ultrasonography UR urine
VI virology  
Record Number:   24289 
Unique Identifier:   D010842 

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