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Descriptor English: Esophageal Atresia
Descriptor Spanish: Atresia Esofágica
Descriptor atresia esofágica
Scope note: Alteración congénita caracterizada por falta del desarrollo completo del ESÓFAGO que suele asociarse a FÍSTULA TRAQUEOESOFÁGICA . Los síntomas consisten en SALIVACIÓN excesiva, ARCADAS, CIANOSIS y DISNEA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Atresia Esofágica
Descriptor French: Atrésie de l'oesophage
Entry term(s): Atresia, Esophageal
Atresias, Esophageal
Esophageal Atresias
Tree number(s): C06.198.330
C06.405.117.260
C16.131.314.330
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004933
Scope note: Congenital abnormality characterized by the lack of full development of the ESOPHAGUS that commonly occurs with TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA. Symptoms include excessive SALIVATION; GAGGING; CYANOSIS; and DYSPNEA.
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: 70
History Note: 70(66)
DeCS ID: 5023
Unique ID: D004933
NLM Classification: WI 255
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Date Established: 1970/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2003/07/09
Esophageal Atresia - Preferred
Concept UI M0007745
Scope note Congenital abnormality characterized by the lack of full development of the ESOPHAGUS that commonly occurs with TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA. Symptoms include excessive SALIVATION; GAGGING; CYANOSIS; and DYSPNEA.
Preferred term Esophageal Atresia
Entry term(s) Atresia, Esophageal
Atresias, Esophageal
Esophageal Atresias



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