Structured Summary
Abstract
Structural abnormalities of the central or peripheral nervous system resulting primarily from defects of embryogenesis.
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Narrower headings
- Agenesis of Corpus Callosum
- Central Nervous System Cysts
- Central Nervous System Vascular Malformations
- Congenital Cranial Dysinnervation Disorders
- Dandy-Walker Syndrome
- Hereditary Sensory and Autonomic Neuropathies
- Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy
- Hydranencephaly
- Malformations of Cortical Development
- Neural Tube Defects
- Optic Nerve Hypoplasia
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Synonyms
21 entry terms
- Abnormalities, Congenital, Nervous System
- Abnormalities, Nervous System
- Anomalies, Nervous System
- Congenital Abnormalities, Nervous System
- Congenital Anomalies, Nervous System
- Congenital Malformations, Nervous System
- Malformations, Nervous System, Congenital
- Nervous System Abnormalities
- Nervous System Anomalies
- Nervous System Congenital Abnormalities
- Nervous System Congenital Malformations
- Nervous System Malformations, Congenital
- Abnormality, Nervous System
- Anomaly, Nervous System
- Malformation, Nervous System
- Malformations, Nervous System
- Nervous System Abnormality
- Nervous System Anomaly
- Nervous System Malformation
- Cranioschisis
- Cranioschises
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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
for congenital structural abnormalities only; general or unspecified; prefer specifics or specific organ/abnorm
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History Note
2000(1966); use explode 1971-1997
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Previous Indexing
- Nervous System/abnormalities (1966-1997)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Nervous System Malformations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009421. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009421
- Nervous System Malformations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalic_disorder
- Nervous System Malformations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q584265