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MeSH Heading: Exostoses
Tree Number(s): C05.116.540.310
Unique ID: D005096
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005096
Annotation: cartilaginous & osteocartilaginous exostoses: index under OSTEOCHONDROMA; EXOSTOSES, MULTIPLE HEREDITARY is also available
Scope Note: Benign hypertrophy that projects outward from the surface of bone, often containing a cartilaginous component.
Entry Term(s): Exostosis
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 1999/11/03

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Exostoses MeSH Descriptor Data 2024