| Descriptor English: | Leg Length Inequality | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: |
Diferencia de Longitud de las Piernas
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Desigualdade de Membros Inferiores | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Inégalité de longueur des membres inférieurs | ||||||
| Entry term(s): |
Inequalities, Leg Length Inequality, Leg Length Leg Length Inequalities Length Inequalities, Leg Length Inequality, Leg |
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| Tree number(s): |
C05.116.099.655 C23.300.808 |
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007870 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A condition in which one of a pair of legs fails to grow as long as the other, which could result from injury or surgery. |
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| Annotation: | correction of inequality: coord IM with BONE LENGTHENING (IM) or specifically ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE (IM) if pertinent |
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| 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 |
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| Public MeSH Note: | 72; LEG LENGTHENING was heading 1967-71 |
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| Online Note: | use LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY to search LEG LENGTHENING 1966-71 (as Prov 1966) |
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| History Note: | 72; LEG LENGTHENING was heading 1964-71 (Prov 1964-66) |
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| Related: |
Bone Lengthening
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| DeCS ID: | 8048 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D007870 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | WE 850 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 1972/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 1999/11/03 |
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Leg Length Inequality
- Preferred
| Concept UI |
M0012285 |
| Scope note | A condition in which one of a pair of legs fails to grow as long as the other, which could result from injury or surgery. |
| Preferred term | Leg Length Inequality |
| Entry term(s) |
Inequalities, Leg Length Inequality, Leg Length Leg Length Inequalities Length Inequalities, Leg Length Inequality, Leg |
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