Diseases

Congenital Limb Deformities

Congenital structural deformities of the upper and lower extremities collectively or unspecified.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Congenital structural deformities of the upper and lower extremities collectively or unspecified.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Limb Deformities, Congenital
  • Congenital Limb Deformity
  • Deformities, Congenital Limb
  • Deformity, Congenital Limb
  • Limb Deformity, Congenital

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Aspects Covered

34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL and UPPER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL are available as well as /abnorm with specifics treed under UPPER EXTREMITIES and LOWER EXTREMITIES; DF: LIMB DEFORMITIES CONGEN

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History Note

98; use explode 1994-97

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Previous Indexing

  • Extremities/abnormalities (1968-1997)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Congenital Limb Deformities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017880. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017880
  2. Congenital Limb Deformities. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital_limb_deformities
  3. Congenital Limb Deformities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5160441