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MeSH Heading: Growth Disorders
Tree Number(s): C23.550.393
Unique ID: D006130
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006130
Annotation: do not confuse with NUTRITION DISORDERS (disorders of assimilating & utilizing nutrients)
Scope Note: Deviations from the average values for a specific age and sex in any or all of the following: height, weight, skeletal proportions, osseous development, or maturation of features. Included here are both acceleration and retardation of growth.
Entry Version: GROWTH DIS
Entry Term(s): Stunted Growth; Stunting
Previous Indexing: Growth (1966-1968)
See Also: Bone Diseases, Developmental; Dwarfism; Gigantism
Public MeSH Note: 72
History Note: 72(69)
Date Established: 1972/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2019/03/22

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)

Growth Disorders MeSH Descriptor Data 2024