Diseases

Hypospadias

A birth defect due to malformation of the URETHRA in which the urethral opening is below its normal location. In the male, the malformed urethra generally opens on the ventral surface of the PENIS or on the PERINEUM. In the female, the malformed urethral opening is in the VAGINA.

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Abstract

A birth defect due to malformation of the URETHRA in which the urethral opening is below its normal location. In the male, the malformed urethra generally opens on the ventral surface of the PENIS or on the PERINEUM. In the female, the malformed urethral opening is in the VAGINA.

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  • Hypospadia

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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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  1. C12.050.351.875w.466w
  2. C12.100w.500w.494.400w
  3. C12.200.294w.494.400w
  4. C12.200.706w.516w
  5. C12.800w.516w
  6. C16w.131w.939w.516w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hypospadias. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007021. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007021
  2. Hypospadias. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypospadias
  3. Hypospadias. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1132108