"Ectromelia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Gross hypo- or aplasia of one or more long bones of one or more limbs. The concept includes amelia, hemimelia, phocomelia, and sirenomelia.
| Descriptor ID |
D004480
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.585.350 C16.131.621.585.350
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| Concept/Terms |
Sirenomelia- Sirenomelia
- Mermaid Malformation
- Malformation, Mermaid
- Sirenomelus
- Sirenomelia Sequence
- Sequence, Sirenomelia
- Sirenomelia Sequences
- Fused Legs and Feet
- Mermaid Syndrome
- Syndrome, Mermaid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Ectromelia" by people in Profiles.
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ACL reconstruction in a teenage athlete with fibular hemimelia. Knee. 2014 Mar; 21(2):613-6.