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Therapeutics > Retreatment

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Retreatment  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The therapy of the same disease in a patient, with the same agent or procedure repeated after initial treatment, or with an additional or alternate measure or follow-up. It does not include therapy which requires more than one administration of a therapeutic agent or regimen. Retreatment is often used with reference to a different modality when the original one was inadequate, harmful, or unsuccessful.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-N41MK6PB-5

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