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Disease Models, Animal

Medical Definition:	Animal disease whose pathologic mechanisms are sufficiently similar to those of a different human disease for the animal disease to serve as a model. The animal disease may be either induced or naturally occurring.
Guide Notes:	article must be on an anim dis as a model: not all articles on anim dis or exper dis are "disease models"; when the model is the point of the article, coord IM with specific dis (IM) + specific animal term if pertinent (IM)
Previously Indexed:	Animal Diseases (1966-1969),Models, Biological (1968-1969)

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