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Descriptor English: Femoral Neck Fractures
Descriptor Spanish: Fracturas del Cuello Femoral
Descriptor fracturas del cuello femoral
Scope note: Fracturas de la porción estrecha, corta, del hueso del muslo entre la cabeza del fémur y el trocánter. Se excluyen las fracturas intertrocantéreas que se consideran FRACTURAS DE CADERA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fraturas do Colo Femoral
Descriptor French: Fractures du col fémoral
Entry term(s): Femoral Neck Fracture
Femur Neck Fracture
Femur Neck Fractures
Tree number(s): C26.404.061.425.500
C26.531.750.500
C26.558.276.425.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005265
Scope note: Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters. It excludes intertrochanteric fractures which are HIP FRACTURES.
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: 5369
Unique ID: D005265
NLM Classification: WE 865
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22
Femoral Neck Fractures - Preferred
Concept UI M0008313
Scope note Fractures of the short, constricted portion of the thigh bone between the femur head and the trochanters. It excludes intertrochanteric fractures which are HIP FRACTURES.
Preferred term Femoral Neck Fractures
Entry term(s) Femoral Neck Fracture
Femur Neck Fracture
Femur Neck Fractures



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