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Descriptor English: Kashin-Beck Disease
Descriptor Spanish: Enfermedad de Kashin-Beck
Descriptor enfermedad de Kashin-Beck
Scope note: Osteocondrodisplasia incapacitante con OSTEOSCLEROSIS, METÁFISIS en forma de cono y acortamiento de las DIÁFISIS. Es una enfermedad endémica en ciertas áreas de Siberia y norte de China. Pueden ser factores contributorios en su etiología las deficiencias de minerales (p. ej., selenio, yodo), la contaminación fúngica de los cereales y la contaminación del agua.
Descriptor Portuguese: Doença de Kashin-Bek
Descriptor French: Maladie de Kashin-Beck
Entry term(s): Disease, Kashin-Beck
Kashin Beck Disease
Tree number(s): C05.116.099.708.534
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057767
Scope note: Disabling osteochondrodysplasia with OSTEOSCLEROSIS, cone-shaped METAPHYSIS, and shortening of the DIAPHYSIS. It is endemic in parts of Siberia and northern China. Mineral deficiencies (e.g., selenium, iodine), fungal cereal contamination, and water contamination may be contributing factors in its etiology.
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: Bone Diseases (1963-2010)
Joint Diseases (1963-2010)
Osteoarthritis (1968-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
DeCS ID: 53946
Unique ID: D057767
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Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Kashin-Beck Disease - Preferred
Concept UI M0538982
Scope note Disabling osteochondrodysplasia with OSTEOSCLEROSIS, cone-shaped METAPHYSIS, and shortening of the DIAPHYSIS. It is endemic in parts of Siberia and northern China. Mineral deficiencies (e.g., selenium, iodine), fungal cereal contamination, and water contamination may be contributing factors in its etiology.
Preferred term Kashin-Beck Disease
Entry term(s) Disease, Kashin-Beck
Kashin Beck Disease



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