Nomenclature

Background

If you are interested in the background and "history" of initiatives and steps which were taken internationally to standardize and harmonize nomenclature and diagnostic criteria (mainly of proliferative lesions), please use the links below:

• Standardization of nomenclature and diagnostic criteria for proliferative lesions – Approaches in the 90th
• Background to the global initiative "INHAND": International Harmonization of Nomenclature and Diagnostic criteria – Steps taken in the 21st century

INHAND nomenclature

Guides with preferred nomenclature and diagnostic criteria are published successively according to organ system in the two journals Toxicol Pathol and J Toxicol Pathol.

• INHAND publications
• List of published terms with modifications (version 3.19 as of June 10, 2024)
• Download published terms with current modifications

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