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Descriptor English: Hand Deformities, Congenital
Descriptor Spanish: Deformidades Congénitas de la Mano
Descriptor deformidades congénitas de la mano
Entry term(s) camptodactilia
deformidades congénitas de los dedos de la mano
malformaciones congénitas de la mano
Scope note: Alteraciones o desviaciones de la forma o tamaño normal que produce desfiguración de la mano, ocurrida antes o durante el nacimiento.
Descriptor Portuguese: Deformidades Congênitas da Mão
Descriptor French: Anomalies morphologiques congénitales de la main
Entry term(s): Camptodactyly
Congenital Deformities of Fingers
Congenital Hand Deformities
Congenital Hand Deformity
Deformities, Congenital Hand
Deformity, Congenital Hand
Hand Deformity, Congenital
Tree number(s): C05.390.408
C05.660.585.988.425
C16.131.621.585.988.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006228
Scope note: Alterations or deviations from normal shape or size which result in a disfigurement of the hand occurring at or before birth.
Annotation: do not use /congen & do not coord with INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
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
Public MeSH Note: 88
History Note: 88
Entry Version: HAND DEFORMITIES CONGEN
DeCS ID: 22912
Unique ID: D006228
NLM Classification: WE 833
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Date Established: 1988/01/01
Date of Entry: 1987/04/30
Revision Date: 2016/01/20
Hand Deformities, Congenital - Preferred
Concept UI M0009781
Scope note Alterations or deviations from normal shape or size which result in a disfigurement of the hand occurring at or before birth.
Preferred term Hand Deformities, Congenital
Entry term(s) Congenital Hand Deformities
Congenital Hand Deformity
Deformities, Congenital Hand
Deformity, Congenital Hand
Hand Deformity, Congenital
Camptodactyly - Narrower
Concept UI FD00064906
Scope note Camptodactyly (MIM 114200) is defined as a permanent flexion contracture of one or both fifth fingers at the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints. (Malik et al., 2007)
Preferred term Camptodactyly
Congenital Deformities of Fingers - Narrower
Concept UI FD00064907
Preferred term Congenital Deformities of Fingers



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