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Abstract
A congenital or acquired condition of underdeveloped or degeneration of CARTILAGE in the TRACHEA. This results in a floppy tracheal wall making patency difficult to maintain. It is characterized by wheezing and difficult breathing.
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- Chondromalacia of Trachea
- Trachea Chondromalacia
- Trachea Chondromalacias
- Tracheomalacias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, 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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2009
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- Trachea (1963-2008)
- Tracheal Diseases (1968-2008)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tracheomalacia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055090. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055090
- Tracheomalacia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracheomalacia
- Tracheomalacia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q910455