"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
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.171
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
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.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2020 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Diagnosis, Differential" by people in Profiles.
-
Time is brain: detection of nonconvulsive seizures and status epilepticus during acute stroke evaluation using point-of-care electroencephalography. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Jan; 34(1):108116.
-
Case of Bullous Pemphigoid Masquerading as Adult-Onset Atopic Dermatitis. Perm J. 2024 09 16; 28(3):177-179.
-
Differential Diagnosis of Post Pancreatitis Diabetes Mellitus Based on Pancreatic and Gut Hormone Characteristics. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2024 07 12; 109(8):2003-2011.
-
Reproducible Chest Pain, Arthralgia, and Fever in a 15-year-old Athlete. Pediatr Rev. 2024 Jul 01; 45(7):415-418.
-
Extramammary Paget disease. Part I. epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, and diagnosis. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2024 09; 91(3):409-418.
-
Intrathyroidal Parathyroid Cyst in a Middle-aged Woman. Ear Nose Throat J. 2025 Mar; 104(3):NP143-NP144.
-
Intrauterine Adhesions After Chlamydia Infection With a Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine Device in Place. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 09 01; 138(3):478-481.
-
Circulating trophoblast cell clusters for early detection of placenta accreta spectrum disorders. Nat Commun. 2021 08 03; 12(1):4408.
-
A 51-Year-Old Woman With Rapidly Progressive Dyspnea. Chest. 2021 04; 159(4):e251-e255.
-
The Ability to Look: Management of Breast Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Using Smart Ultrasound Technology. J Am Coll Surg. 2021 04; 232(4):636-640.