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MeSH Heading: Genu Varum
Tree Number(s): C05.116.511
Unique ID: D056305
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D056305
Scope Note: An outward slant of the thigh in which the knees are wide apart and the ankles close together. Genu varum can develop due to skeletal and joint dysplasia (e.g., OSTEOARTHRITIS; Blount's disease); and malnutrition (e.g., RICKETS; FLUORIDE POISONING).
Entry Term(s): Bow Leg; Genu Varus
Previous Indexing: Joint Deformities, Acquired (1992-2009); Joint Diseases (1966-2004); Knee (1958-1998); Knee Joint (1966-2009)
See Also: Rickets
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

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)

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