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Descriptor English: Scoliosis
Descriptor Spanish: Escoliosis
Descriptor escoliosis
Scope note: Desviación lateral apreciable de la línea vertical, normalmente recta, del raquis. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Escoliose
Descriptor French: Scoliose
Entry term(s): Scolioses
Tree number(s): C05.116.900.800.875
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D012600
Scope note: An appreciable lateral deviation in the normally straight vertical line of the spine. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Annotation: a type of spinal curvature
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 12980
Unique ID: D012600
NLM Classification: WE 735
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1994/04/11
Scoliosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0019552
Scope note An appreciable lateral deviation in the normally straight vertical line of the spine. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Preferred term Scoliosis
Entry term(s) Scolioses



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