"Facies" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The appearance of the face that is often characteristic of a disease or pathological condition, as the elfin facies of WILLIAMS SYNDROME or the mongoloid facies of DOWN SYNDROME. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)
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D019066
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.812 E01.370.600.230
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| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Facial phenotype in children and young adults with PHOX2B-determined congenital central hypoventilation syndrome: quantitative pattern of dysmorphology. Pediatr Res. 2006 Jan; 59(1):39-45.