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Descriptor English: Spinal Curvatures
Descriptor Spanish: Curvaturas de la Columna Vertebral
Descriptor desviaciones de la columna vertebral
Entry term(s) curvaturas defectuosas de la columna vertebral
desviaciones raquídeas
Scope note: Deformidades de la COLUMNA VERTEBRAL caracterizadas por anormal curvadura o flexura. Puede ser curvadura anterior (CIFOSIS), posterior (LORDOSIS) o lateral (ESCOLIOSIS).
Descriptor Portuguese: Curvaturas da Coluna Vertebral
Descriptor French: Déviations du rachis
Entry term(s): Curvature, Spinal
Curvatures, Spinal
Spinal Curvature
Tree number(s): C05.116.900.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013121
Scope note: Deformities of the SPINE characterized by abnormal bending or flexure in the vertebral column. They may be bending forward (KYPHOSIS), backward (LORDOSIS), or sideway (SCOLIOSIS).
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics
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
Previous Indexing: Kyphosis (1966-1997)
Lordosis (1966-1997)
Scoliosis (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98; use explode 1970-97
DeCS ID: 13504
Unique ID: D013121
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Spinal Curvatures - Preferred
Concept UI M0020314
Scope note Deformities of the SPINE characterized by abnormal bending or flexure in the vertebral column. They may be bending forward (KYPHOSIS), backward (LORDOSIS), or sideway (SCOLIOSIS).
Preferred term Spinal Curvatures
Entry term(s) Curvature, Spinal
Curvatures, Spinal
Spinal Curvature



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